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A National Data Strategy Forum to help the country seize the opportunities of data has been announced by the government to help the United Kingdom become "the worlds number one data destination".(1) Minister for Media and Data John Whittingdale and TechUK Director Sue Daley will chair the forum, which will bring together key voices from industry, privacy groups and academia to help implement the United Kingdoms National Data Strategy. National Data Strategy The government describes the National...

New Standard Contractual Clauses for Transfer of Personal Data outside the EEA – Getting Warmer by the Day Thursday, May 20, 2021 We are one ( penultimate) step closer to the final adoption of new Standard Contractual Clauses (“SCCs”) by the European Commission. The final version of a long overdue update to the 2004 (in case of controller-to-controller)/2010 (in case of controller-to-processor) model clauses which companies use to safeguard personal data transfers to controllers...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On February 19 2021, the European Union Commission issued its draft adequacy decision for data flows between the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK). Whilst widely expected, this draft decision will provide some assurance about the continuing free flow of data between the EU and UK although businesses should take heed of a few ongoing regulatory issues. IN DEPTH The UK largely adopted the EU GDPR as standalone UK law The UK be...

Monday, February 22, 2021 On February 19 2021, the European Union Commission issued its draft adequacy decision for data flows between the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK). Whilst widely expected, this draft decision will provide some assurance about the continuing free flow of data between the EU and UK although businesses should take heed of a few ongoing regulatory issues. Post-Brexit (the UK’s exit from the European Union): The UK largely adopted the EU GDPR as stan...

Juggling data silos, privacy and fraud Latest Blog Posts Related Content Covid-19 and the art and science of data visualisation CIO interview: David Walmsley, chief digital and omni-channel officer, Pandora Download Current Issue Among the uncomfortable truths about the government’s response to the pandemic is the fact that some people have and will continue to play the system. At the time it was introduced, the furlough scheme helped many people remain employed, when their workplace ...

On December 17, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (‘ ICO’) published its Data Sharing Code of Practice (the ‘ Code’) following a public consultation which commenced in 2019. The Code focuses mainly on data sharing among data controllers who are subject to the GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act (‘DPA’) 2018. Data controllers falling within the scope of the ICO’s enforcement powers should take the Code into account when sharing personal data because it will help them...