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New guidance: ICO publishes new guidance on monitoring of workers
- Nov 2023
Employees will welcome new guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to help them comply with UK data protection rules if they monitor workers.
New law: Businesses start checking website visitors can reject cookies easily
- Oct 2023
Businesses that fail to comply with rules requiring them to make it as easy for their website visitors to reject non-essential cookies as to accept them should consider amending their websites to ensure compliance, as the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) may be taking a stricter approach to enforcement in future.
New guidance: ICO publishes draft guidance on data protection law for biometric data
- Oct 2023
Businesses using or considering using biometric data and technologies will welcome a first-phase draft of proposed guidance on the application of data protection law, published by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Legal Alert - July 2023
- Jul 2023
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 guidance: ICO issues new, free guidance on handling Data Subject Access Requests
- Jul 2023
Businesses, particularly employers, will welcome new guidance from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on dealing with Data Subject Access Requests by workers.
New guidance: Information Commissioner’s Office issues new draft guidance for online services children are likely to access
- May 2023
Organisations providing online services that children are likely to access will welcome new draft guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
New law: Government publishes proposed new UK data protection laws
- Apr 2023
Businesses are monitoring new draft UK data protection laws intended to reduce data protection burdens on UK organisations.
New guidance: ICO publishes draft guidance on handling workers’ health information
- Feb 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
- Jan 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 guidance: ICO new guidance on marketing by electronic mail and phone
- Jan 2023
Organisations marketing by electronic mail and/or live phone calls will welcome new Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) guidances on direct marketing by these means.
New consultation: Employers consulted on draft ICO monitoring at work guidance
- Dec 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
- Nov 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).
New law: Government proposes significant changes to UK data protection laws
- Jun 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
- 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
- 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
- Mar 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
- Oct 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.
Legal Alert - October 2021
- Oct 2021
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 Code: Information Commissioner’s Office Code for providers of online services which children are likely to access goes live
- Sep 2021
Organisations providing online services to children up to 18, or online services that children are likely to access, should ensure they are now complying with the Age Appropriate Design Code published by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which took full effect from 2 September 2020.
New guidance: UK government updates data protection guidance in light of EU adequacy decision
- Aug 2021
The UK government has updated its guidance for UK organisations that receive and send personal data from and to the European Economic Area (the EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein) or which operate there, following the recent data protection adequacy decision by the EU.
Legal Alert - August 2021
- Aug 2021
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 practice: Employers may need access to employees’ private phones, email, social media accounts, etc to satisfy data protection obligations
- Jun 2021
Employers whose employees are allowed to use their own phones, computers or tablets, private email accounts and messaging services, or personal accounts on social or business media such as Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp or Instagram for work purposes should ensure they are able to require their employees to give them access to personal data held on those phones, accounts etc where this is required to comply with data protection laws.
New law: Businesses likely to be able to carry on moving personal data freely between the UK and the EEA
- Apr 2021
UK businesses whose operations require them to move personal data between the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA) will be relieved that the European Commission has published a draft ‘adequacy decision’ in relation to UK data protection law, making it increasingly probable that they will be able to continue to do so, even though the UK is no longer an EU member state.
New guidance: New guidance for employers dealing with COVID-related issues, including employees who refuse vaccinations
- Mar 2021
Employers will welcome new guidance from Acas, the government, and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to help them handle employment law and data protection issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, including how to deal with employees who do not want to get vaccinated.
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