We bring you a round up of articles and updates sourced from national data commissioners and leading privacy organisations. IAPP: The sun came out just in time for London to host this years IAPP Conference - Data Protection Intensive: UK 2022. Ito Onojeghuo, AllNet Law's Head...
We bring you a round up of articles and updates sourced from national data commissioners and leading privacy organisations. News this week: ICO: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a reprimand to the Scottish Government and NHS National Services Scotland over both organisations failure to provide...
Following a complaint by NYOB in 2021, EDPS sanctioned the European Parliament finding them to have broken EU law regarding cookie consent and data transfers. This was mainly regarding an internal coronavirus testing website. referring to illegal EU-US data transfers as they were ultimately unable...
UK GDPR: Is checking the COVID status of visitors, customers and employees legal? For certain settings, it is now a legal requirement to get vaccinated and check people’s COVID status. Data protection rules must be considered when implementing COVID-status checks. Organisations should take into account: employment law...
The Council of the European Union agreed on a negotiating mandate on the proposed Data Governance Act on October 1, 2021. The proposal is a part of the 2020 European Strategy for Data, which is aimed to foster the availability of data for use in...
Morrisons ‘not liable’ for actions of rogue employee over data leak. The Supreme Court's ruling has widespread implications for data protection controllers across the country. The Supreme Court's ruling puts employers in a better stance where they may otherwise be held vicariously liable for the acts...
