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UK GDPR and the Price of Non-Compliance: ICO Issues New Guidance on Calculating Fines

Mayer Brown on 4/26/2024

The Information Commissioner's Office (the "ICO") has clarified the methods it will use to calculate the fines it will issue for breaches of data privacy law in the UK by publishing its latest Data Protection Fining Guidance...more

The Importance of Effective Policies and Training in Data Protection: Lessons from a Scottish Hospital Breach

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist on 9/5/2023

I recently had the chance to visit with Jonathan Armstrong on a recent data breach case that occurred in the health service provider NHS Lanarkshire (Scotland) during the COVID-19 pandemic. This breach serves as a stark...more

DSIR Deeper Dive: How International and Domestic Regulatory Enforcement Spotlights the Information Governance Tensions Between...

BakerHostetler on 8/31/2023

As we noted in our 2023 DSIR, there has been a flurry of activity within the information governance space, at home and abroad. This activity deserves further analysis, because while it seems from a distance that there are...more

The Evergreen privacy programme - myth or reality?

BCLP on 1/23/2023

Though perhaps falling short of being a universally accepted one, it is a truth that any organisation processing personal data needs a privacy programme. But how best should an internal compliance framework be structured...more

UK Data Protection Bill: Examination of Key Provisions (Part 2)

Latham & Watkins LLP on 8/19/2022

Areas of interest include anonymisation, “recognised legitimate interests”, and the ICO’s role. The UK Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (the Bill) sets out the government’s proposals for reforming the current...more

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