New guidance: ICO publishes draft guidance on handling workers’ health information

Atom Content Marketing Legal Alert Atom Content Marketing February 2023

Employers will welcome new guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK's independent body responsible for upholding information rights, on handling personal data about workers’ health.

New guidance: ICO publishes guidance on transfers of personal data overseas

Atom Content Marketing Legal Alert Atom Content Marketing January 2023

Businesses wishing to transfer UK personal data to recipients outside the UK will welcome new guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on how to manage such transfers.

New consultation: Employers consulted on draft ICO monitoring at work guidance

Atom Content Marketing Legal Alert Atom Content Marketing December 2022

Employers now have an opportunity to comment on draft guidance on monitoring employees at work, issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

New guidance: ICO publishes help on handling data subject access requests

Atom Content Marketing Legal Alert Atom Content Marketing November 2022

Businesses and other organisations will welcome a blog post from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) containing key takeaways on how to handle data subject access requests (SARs).

Legal Alert - November 2022

Atom Content Marketing Legal Alert Atom Content Marketing November 2022

A monthly checklist from Atom Content Marketing highlighting new and pending laws, regulations, codes of practice and rulings that could have an impact on your business.

New law: Government proposes significant changes to UK data protection laws

Atom Content Marketing Legal Alert Atom Content Marketing June 2022

Businesses and other organisations are bracing themselves for proposed changes to UK data protection rules, which are currently modelled on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), now that the UK has left the EU.

New guidance: ICO guidance helps employers ensure compliance with data protection laws as COVID restrictions end

Atom Content Marketing Legal Alert Atom Content Marketing May 2022

Employers will welcome new guidance from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) designed to help them continue to comply with data protection laws now that COVID-19 restrictions have been removed.

New guidance: ICO issues guidance to help organisations handle data protection consequences of ransomware attacks

Atom Content Marketing Legal Alert Atom Content Marketing May 2022

Businesses and other organisations will welcome guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) ‘Ransomware and data protection compliance’, aimed at helping them comply with their data protection obligations if they are the victim of a ransomware attack.

New law: Organisations face new UK standard contractual clauses to be used to protect personal data they transfer out of the UK

Atom Content Marketing Legal Alert Atom Content Marketing March 2022

Organisations that transfer individuals’ personal data out of the UK to a country that the UK does not recognise as having adequate data protection laws need to reconsider which contractual clauses they use in their data transfer agreements, following the UK’s introduction of new standard clauses from 21 March 2022.

New schemes: Organisations considering certification under new data protection schemes

Atom Content Marketing Legal Alert Atom Content Marketing October 2021

Organisations can now apply to be certified under three new schemes approved by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), with certification providing evidence that they meet the standards set by each scheme and are handling personal data properly and lawfully when carrying out the activities covered by it.