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COVID-19 contact tracing: ICO confirms collecting customer data is as easy as ABC(DE)
...data for bookings, organisations must explain that the data may also be used for contact tracing.Carefully store the data. Organisations should do this anyway, so utilise any data storage methods you ...
DHSC publishes guidance on Test and Trace records
...data with NHS Test and Trace NHS Test and Trace will only request the data where necessary. The guidance states NHS Test and Trace will only use the data for the purpose of protecting public health. ...
Schrems II: ECJ Rules EU-US Privacy Shield invalid and puts a sting in the tail for Standard Contractual Clauses
...Data Protection Commissioner and alleged the EU-US Privacy Shield also does not offer sufficient protection for personal data transferred. He wanted to suspend or prohibit his personal data being tran...
Back to school in the “new normal” – our top tips for getting ready for September
...data; pupils can ask for all their personal data held by the school or college. The deadlines for responding to a SAR in relation to ‘exam script data’ differs to the normal 30-day time l...
Changes to Criminal Records Disclosure Regime
...Data protection issues Employers need a lawful ground to process criminal records information and must also comply with the data protection principles, including that processing should be adequate, r...
Unlawful use of cookies: Google and Amazon receive multi-million-euro fines
...Data Protection Act requires that visitors to websites must be informed of the purpose of any action taken to access or record information already stored on their computer (or other electronic communi...
Brexit Deal: UK–EEA free flow of data to continue for up to six months
...data protection laws (other than to align with updates to EU data protection law), or exercises any of these designated powers without consent, the interim period will automatically come to an end.Ade...
Workplace covid tests: avoiding the legal and practical pitfalls
...data protection laws. Click here to read Emily's article. This article was first published in Employment Law Journal
ICO fines Amex £90,000 for sending unlawful marketing emails
...Data Protection Team.
Covert CCTV recording in the workplace – is it ever lawful?
...Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Principles The UK GDPR requires data controllers (including employers) to have a lawful ground to process personal data. There are seven data protection principles t...
Group Data Breach Claims - Claimants need to prove they suffered damage
...data protection litigation. While decided under the Data Protection Act 1998, the reasoning would likely apply to the Data Protection Act 2018 and UK GDPR. The ruling severely limits the circumstances...
Keeping Children Safe in Education - Top tips for dealing with ‘low-level’ concerns
...Data Protection laws. The guidance recommends retaining them until the individual leaves their employment and you would likely need to be able to justify holding on to them for much longer than this. ...
National Security & Investment Act 2021: Could your transaction be subject to closer scrutiny?
...protection of national security. However, the breadth of the scope of the ‘qualifying entities’ and ‘notifiable acquisitions’ which are subject its provisions could leave businesses caught unawares. ...
The Ukraine situation: what to know
...data (fingerprints and a photograph) at any Visa Application Centre (VAC), as all UK visa services have been suspended in Ukraine. From 15 March 2022, there will be an exemption for Ukrainian n...
International Data Transfers: new versions of UK’s Standard Contractual Clauses come into force
...data to countries outside the UK (known as “third countries”). Data transfers to third countries that do not provide an adequate level of protection are restricted. One way to ensure compliance with d...
Employers need to revisit their data protection practices as Covid-19 measures are relaxed
...data protection practices as Covid-19 measures are relaxed New Covid data protection guidance As Covid-19 restrictions are relaxed, much of the legislation that underpinned our lives for the last two...
Listed companies will be required to report on diversity targets
...data collection. Other issues These requirements create some additional complex issues for companies in relation to data protection and data privacy, and application of equality legislatio...
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee (BEIS): call for evidence on future of UK labour market
...protections for workers What the Government can do to improve protection for people in low-paid work and the gig economy What opportunities should be taken to capitalise on the UK’s departure fr...
Forstater v CGD Europe & Others: Maya Forstater succeeds in Employment Tribunal
...data collection and single sex spaces – where the biological differences between the sexes mean that there is a specific necessity to differentiate between men and women, regardless of gender identity...
Interserve Group fined over £4 million following employee data breaches
...database. As a result, between 30 March 2020 and 2 May 2020, the data of 113,000 current and former employees was compromised. The exposed data included personal information, such as contact de...