September 7, 2021
New Oxford University Press Book to cover Data Protection in State Schools
Some of you may have noticed that I have neglected my blog of late. I do have a good excuse. I have been writing the…
April 7, 2021
Explaining the term ‘Privacy Policy’
The term 'Privacy Policy' is most often used in an online environment to describe a document which explains to…
February 11, 2021
The ICO cannot lead on reducing barriers to data sharing
Those of you who follow data protection matters closely will know that the ICO's new Data Sharing Code of Practice is…
December 18, 2020
An Early Christmas Present from the ICO – A new Data Sharing Code
The ICO published a new Data Sharing Code of Practice yesterday (17th December 2020). A welcome Christmas present as we…
September 10, 2020
Big Fish v. Small Fish – Bargaining Position as between Controller and Processor
The European Data Protection Board is consulting on its Guidelines on the concepts of controller and processor in the…
July 31, 2020
Artificial Intelligence and identifying Controllers and Processors – 2021 may bring further clarity
The ICO has just published new guidance on Artificial Intelligence (AI). I wrote a detailed blog piece on the…
July 26, 2020
The Fall of the Privacy Shield – What next? The ICO and the EDPB have different approaches
The decision of the European Court of Justice in Case C-311/18 – Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland and…
July 13, 2020
The End of the Brexit Transition Period – Will we get an Adequacy Decision?
The European Commission has issued a communication to all member states about the changes they can expect after 31…