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Employers focussed on productivity want to track employee activity. With employees protected by privacy & data protection rights, finding the balance is tricky

Where data is transferred internationally, contracts should be updated by 21 March 2024. If action is not taken (including by pension schemes), there may be a technical breach of UK GDPR

Companies must ensure that any of their existing international data transfer arrangements reliant on standard contractual clauses as the appropriate means for a restricted international data transfer must be updated to use either the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or, the UK Addendum to the new EU Standard Contractual Clauses, by the 21 March 2024

The Online Safety Act is far-reaching and aimed to capture a wide range of services. Here, we summarise who is caught by the scope of the Act

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (“PSNI”) has suffered its worst ever data breach after personal information of all of its 10,000 staff was mistakenly published online

In this article, we discuss the key points of the long-awaited EU-US Data Privacy Framework as well as what it means for organisations based in the UK

We examine the SAPP’s recent fine against Spotify and what this means for organisations going forward

We examine the implementation of the Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 and the security-related duties and responsibilities placed on the telecoms industry

We consider the concerns and improvements made about the proposed EU-US Data Privacy Framework, which is the third attempt at a data transfer mechanism for transatlantic data flows

We consider the EU Digital Services Act and what UK businesses need to know

We consider the Government’s reform proposals of the NIS Regulations in order to strengthen   the security and resilience of digital services in the UK

We consider the territorial scope of the EU Digital Services Act and how it will apply to organisations outside of the EU