The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has published guidance regarding its expectations for controllers and health professionals during the COVID-19 outbreak.
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The Global Privacy Assembly Approves Data Sharing to Fight Coronavirus Pandemic
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On March 17, 2020, the Executive Committee of the Global Privacy Assembly issued a statement giving their support to the sharing of personal data by organizations and governments for the purposes of fighting the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.…
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ICO Fines International Airline Cathay Pacific GBP 500,000 (Maximum Available) for Failing to Secure Customers’ Personal Data
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On March 4, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office fined the international airline Cathay Pacific Airways Limited GBP 500,000 for failing to protect the security of its customers’ personal data. The fine was issued under the Data Protection Act 1998 and represents the maximum fine available under the DPA.…
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ICO Fines Scottish Company Maximum Amount for Automated Calls
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On March 2, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office fined CRDNN Limited for a breach of the Electronic Communications Regulations due to unsolicited automated direct marketing calls. …
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London Breakfast Briefing: Lessons Learned from Recent UK/EU Enforcement Action and Understanding Cybersecurity Threats
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On March 17, 2020, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP will host a breakfast briefing in our London office to discuss the current cybersecurity threat environment and explore UK and EU cyber enforcement trends. …
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ICO Consultation on Draft AI Auditing Framework Guidance for Organizations
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On February 19, 2020, the Information Commissioner’s Office launched a consultation on its draft AI auditing framework guidance for organizations. …
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ICO Publishes Final Version of Its Age Appropriate Design Code
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On January 21, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office published the final version of its Age Appropriate Design Code, which sets out the standards that online services need to meet in order to protect children’s privacy.…
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Facebook Reaches Settlement with ICO over £500,000 Data Protection Fine
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Facebook reached a settlement with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, agreeing to pay a fine of 500,000 GBP in relation to the processing and sharing of its users’ personal data with Cambridge Analytica.…
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Hunton London Seminar on Understanding the CCPA
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Join us on November 19, 2019, for a breakfast briefing in the firm’s London office to explore the California Consumer Privacy Act, against the backdrop of the EU General Data Protection Regulation. This blog entry provides a link to register.…
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UK Court of Appeal Permits Activist to Proceed with Claim for Damages Against Google
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On October 2, 2019, the UK Court of Appeal handed down its judgment on the appeal in Richard Lloyd v. Google LLC, in which Richard Lloyd, a consumer protection advocate, seeks to bring a representative action on behalf of four million Apple iPhone users against Google LLC in the United States. Previously, the High Court had refused to grant permission for the proceedings to be served outside the UK. The Court of Appeal reversed the High Court’s judgment, granting permission for service outside the UK and allowing the representative action to proceed. The judgment is significant as it paves the way for representative actions (equivalent to class actions) for data protection infringements in the UK.
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