What’s this all about? The UK data protection regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office (“the ICO”) recently issued a warning that some of the UK’s top websites face enforcement action if they do not make changes to comply with data protection rules, which this article looks at in brief. What has the ICO said? According to Read more »
UK Online Safety Act 2023 Short FAQs
What’s this all about? The Online Safety Act (“the Act”) is new UK legislation which significantly regulates online content, notably: illegal content; harmful content for children (but which is not necessarily illegal); and, fraudulent advertising. The regulatory approach is to impose various duties on online service providers. These FAQs look at some of the highlights Read more »
Life with GDPR – Lessons Learned from The Singtel Opus Data Breach
In this episode of Life with GDPR, Jonathan and Tom talk about a ruling on 10 November 2023 in the Federal Court of Australia relating to litigation over the Singtel Optus data breach in 2022. The action is on behalf of around 100,000 claimants who want to see a report produced by Deloitte into the Read more »
European Court Rules That Data Protection Regulator Decisions Must Be Subject To Judicial Review
What’s this about? The European Court has ruled that decisions taken by a “supervisory authority” (i.e. a regulator, here one dealing with data protection issues), in the context in this matter of the indirect exercise of the data protection rights of an individual, are legally binding and subject to judicial review – a court must Read more »
UK Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 Now Passed – Failure to Prevent Fraud Now A Criminal Offence
What is this about? The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (“the Act”) has now been passed by the UK Parliament, some provisions of which are now in force (as at the date of this article) whilst others will come into force later (some sooner than others). This article looks at some select highlights Read more »
European Court Gives Wide Interpretation Of Subject Access Right Concerning Obtaining Medical Records
What’s this about? The European Court has given a wide interpretation about the data protection law subject access right and obtaining medical records. This article briefly looks at the issues. What’s the legal and factual background? Data protection rules allow for individuals to make so-called “Subject Access Requests” where they can seek to obtain copies Read more »
ICO Guidance On Employee Health Data
What’s this all about? The UK data protection regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office (“the ICO”) recently updated its guidance for employers about handling their employee health personal data, entitled “Information about workers’ health” (“the guidance”). This article looks at this in brief. Why the need for guidance? According to the ICO, the guidance is aimed Read more »
TechLaw10 with Eric Sinrod: Personal Liability & Do I Really Need to Know about AI?
In this edition of TechLaw10 Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong talks to Professor Eric Sinrod from his home in California. They talk about personal liability for tech issues & tech failures. How will this play in the world of AI? The topics include: what do the cases of Joe Sullivan & Carlos Abarca tell us about personal Read more »
Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong talks to ISMG re personal liability on security incidents
Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong recently spoke to ISMG about personal liability on security incidents. In a discussion with ISMG’s Mathew J. Schwartz, Jonathan looks at what CISO’s should do when cyber incidents occur including a brief discussion on the Joe Sullivan case on personal liability. You can watch or listen to their interview here https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/liability-trends-shift-in-cybersecurity-prosecutions-a-23287 Office: Read more »
Recent Developments: UK Court Ruling on Interpretation Of “Control” in UK Sanctions Imposed On Russia
What’s this about? The UK sanctions regime concerning Russian individuals and entities with regard to the war in Ukraine continues to develop – for more about how the UK sanctions regime works see the What is the UK sanctions regime? section of our article here https://www.corderycompliance.com/add65uksanctions/. At the same time, UK case-law on the interpretation Read more »
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