4 April 2018
The Data Protection Bill - New Criminal Offences for Data Protection Breaches On Their Way to the Statute Book
The Data Protection Bill (“the Bill”) was described in the Queen’s speech of June 2017 as a new law to ensure ‘that the United Kingdom retains its world-class regime protecting personal data’. It supplements and bolsters the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), the directly effective EU regulation on Data Protection coming into force in May.
5 March 2018
Subject Access Requests under the GDPR: What employers need to know
Employers need to be aware of the enhanced rights employees will have to request and access data under the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’).
5 March 2018
Data protection: A new board room priority
Emily Carter considers the impact and implications of new data protection regime for company directors.
27 February 2018
Ordinarily hard to challenge ombudsman’s decision-making marred by illegality, irrationality, procedural unfairness and pre-determination
In Miller & Another v Health Service Commissioner for England [2018] EWCA Civ 144 the Court of Appeal quashed both the ombudsman’s decision to investigate and the conclusions of that investigation. The court found that multiple forms of unlawfulness were compounded by a variety of poor adjudicative practices.
20 February 2018
GDPR & Brexit: Data transfers from the EU and the UK’s new status as a “third country”
The GDPR is coming into force on 25 May 2018. The UK is leaving the EU at 11pm on 29 March 2019. No doubt these dates are engraved into the minds of most business owners. But while these deadlines are enough on their own to leave you with plenty to worry about, it is also important to consider the interplay between the two – that is to say, what will Brexit mean in terms of the GDPR?