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UK: ICO GDPR guidance – Contracts and liabilities between controllers and processors

26 September 2017 / , , , , ,

On 1 August we reported on the launch of the International Regulatory Strategy Group’s “Article 28 GDPR ready contractual terms” for use between controllers and processors. The ICO has now launched its draft guidance on this subject. The purpose of the ICO guidance is to explain, in an accessible fashion, the core requirements that all …

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UK: UK Government publishes draft Data Protection Bill

10 November 2017 / ,

By Rebecca Roberts Today the UK Government published its draft Data Protection Bill (“Bill“), which will replace the Data Protection Act 1998 (“DPA“).  The EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR“), which comes into force in May 2018, empowers Member States to introduce their own national derogations from the GDPR in certain situations. The current Bill …

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UK: Statement of Intent on GDPR Bill

10 November 2017 / ,

The UK Government yesterday published a Statement of Intent providing further insight into the UK’s new Data Protection Bill (“Bill“). The Bill was originally announced in the Queen’s Speech in June. The Statement emphasises the commitment of the UK Government to implement the GDPR into UK law, to ensure the UK digital economy is underpinned …

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UK: GOVERNMENT REPORT RECOMMENDS STRONGER POWERS FOR THE ICO

12 November 2017 / , , , ,

Background   On 17 June 2016 the House of Commons Select Committee for Culture, Media and Sport (“The Committee”) published its report on the inquiry into the current state of cyber security and protection of personal data. The inquiry was triggered by a cyber attack which compromised the data of TalkTalk customers, on 21 October, …

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Extent of mobile location tracking in the UK laid bare by new report

4 April 2016 / , , , ,

An e-privacy organisation has today released the findings of an investigation which reveals the extent of mobile location tracking in the UK. The report, published by Krowdthink Limited, examines the contracts, policies and practices of mobile Wi-Fi service providers in relation to location tracking. According to the report, mobile and Wi-Fi service providers know – …

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UK – Freedom of Information – Independent Commission report

11 March 2016 / ,

The Independent Commission on Freedom of Information, tasked with the job of examining the Freedom of Information Act over the last ten years, published its report earlier last week. The resounding opinion was that overall the Act is “working well” and there will be no wholesale changes. In our previous blog post we had hoped …

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UK – ICO ISSUES GUIDANCE ON WI-FI LOCATION ANALYTICS

1 March 2016 / , ,

Earlier this month, the UK data protection authority, the Information Commissioner’s Officer (“ICO”), published guidance on safely processing personal data derived from Wi-Fi location analytics. This guidance is important not only to retail businesses who provide Wi-Fi networks to their customers, but also to companies who just provide Wi-Fi access solely to their employees. With …

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OFCOM’s letter on number portability threatens MVNO and Telecoms Resellers’ businesses

5 February 2019 / ,

By Mike Conradi A little-noticed public letter published on 7th December by OFCOM, the UK telecoms regulator, states that in their view resellers of telecoms services do NOT have the right to “port” all the numbers which have been allocated to them by another communications provider when, for example, they wish to switch to another wholesale …

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