On January 15, 2026, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced updated guidance on restricted international transfers aimed ...

The General Data Protection Regulation (2016/679) (“EU GDPR”) allows individuals to seek compensation for “non-material” damages, such as distress or anxiety, where this results from an infringement ...

Turns out the UK government, under current prime minister Rishi Sunak, is not replacing the GDPR, as Michelle Donelan, his secretary of state for science, innovation and technology, implied last ...

The new Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) has now published the anticipated proposals for changes to UK data laws. This new statute was unveiled as part of the government’s ...

A year after the publication of the UK’s National Data Strategy, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is embarking on a major new consultation centring on proposed changes to ...

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) mandates strict protocols for the reporting of data breaches in accordance with EU data protection rules. Organisations can be issued large monetary fines ...

The UK Home Office has breached European data protection regulations at least 100 times in its handling of the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS). IDs have been lost, documents misplaced, passports have gone ...

The UK has left the European Union. It’s left the single market. And now it wants to leave behind the rules that require companies protect your personal data. “The GDPR is by no means perfect, and ...

European Commission decides UK provides adequate level of data protection, but can cancel the agreement if it sees the UK moving away from the EU model. The European Commission has granted the UK data ...

When it launched, Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became bigger than Beyoncé. Since then, some of the hype around the law has waned, but there's still one thing that gets people ...