Data in UK Law
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Data Breaches
Ready for the Inevitable? Barely a day goes by without a data breach hitting the headlines. It is becoming a fact of life for any firm holding data that, from time to time, some of that data mig...
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BREXIT: Data Protection
This Brexit Bite assesses the post-Brexit landscape with respect to the UK’s data protection laws. It is important to remember that the UK remains a member of the European Union until the terms of ...
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UK data protection authority publishes data breach statistics
The UK data protection authority, Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), has published statistics regarding breach incidents in the first quarter of this year (1 April – 30 June 2013). In a relat...
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The Data & Brexit Digest - Data protection representatives
With the UK unambiguously out of the EU, this fourth and final installment of our Data & Brexit Digest explores the topic of appointed representatives under Article 27. What is an Article 27 r...
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Weekly Data Privacy Alert
The Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cyber Security team is pleased to share with you the last two editions of our weekly alert on data privacy issues. Our 11 August alert covers news from the...
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Political Data Firm Improperly Accessed Facebook Users’ Data
Facebook faces government investigations on both sides of the Atlantic after recent revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a British political data firm with ties to President Trump’s 2016 campaign,...
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FCA requests pensions data
FCA has sent some pension and retirement income providers a data request for evidence about charges in the pensions decumulation market. The data request seeks information about the...
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UK Data Privacy Development
As data privacy heats up on this side of the pond, last week the UK government announced a package of measures focused on extending the scope of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and strengthen...
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Data Subject Access Requests
A number of individuals made a data subject access request (DSAR) to a law firm for disclosure of all data held about them. It was accepted that the DSAR was made in the context of litigation, with...
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FCA publishes data bulletin
FCA has published its data bulletin, highlighting areas of interest for users. This edition covers: - talking to FCA: this part looks at the innovation hub, letters received from Members of Pa...
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