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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...
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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. ...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs): What changes after 27 December 2022?
...data protection authorities on request. How do the New SCCs affect data transfers from the UK? The deadlines above specifically apply to data transfers from the EU. However, data transfe...
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EU-US data transfers: Risk set to reduce as EU issues draft adequacy decision
...data transfers, as the UK has a similar data protection regime under the UK GDPR. If you require any assistance on data transfer arrangements, please contact our Data Protection specialists bel...
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UK’s first data adequacy decision in effect with South Korea
...Data Authority, the ICO, considers that the third country provides an adequate level of data protection. What does the South Korea adequacy decision mean? The UK has formally determined that data ...
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Guidance for schools on data sharing
...data. It provides practical guidance for schools on what they need to consider under the Data Protection Act 2018 (“DPA”) and UK GDPR. It outlines the need for a Data Protection Impact Assessment to...
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Professors successful in age discriminations claim against Oxford University's mandatory retirement age
...data protection issues and the application and maintenance of a Student Sponsor License. Our team consists of sector specialists who focus purely on the sector, of which they have a strong understan...
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ICO fines TikTok £12.7 million for failing to protect children’s data
...data TikTok fined for data protection breaches The ICO has fined TikTok £12.7 million for multiple breaches of UK data protection law regarding children’s personal data. ICO investigations The IC...
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Updated Criminal Conviction Rehabilitation Periods in force
...data protection principles, including that processing should be adequate, relevant and not excessive. Employers must also have an "appropriate policy document" covering the need for and use of such da...
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ICO publishes guidance on monitoring workers
...Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018. The guidance follows on from its public consultations. Workplace monitoring is a sensitive area, with the ICO’s research revealing that 7...
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Personal Data Transfers: UK-US Data Bridge Opens on 12 October
...data to certified organisations based in the US. Requirements for International Data Transfers The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (and UK GDPR in the UK) prohibits personal data trans...
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European Commission Adopts Adequacy Decision for EU-US Data Transfers
...data can be transferred freely from the EU to organisations in the US who participate in the Framework. International Data Transfers The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) prohibits persona...