Mar 16, 2023 ICO agrees to reduce Easylife's monetary penalty By Ropes & Gray On 16 March 2023, the UK Information Commissioner (ICO) announced that it had agreed with Easylife Ltd (Easylife) to reduce the amount of...
Mar 08, 2023 UK Information Commissioner highlights issues around the use of private messaging apps By Ropes & Gray Increasingly, private messaging apps are becoming a topic of regulatory scrutiny in many jurisdictions. In the United States, towards...
Feb 06, 2023 Who's watching you? Data protection issues regarding monitoring of workers By Ropes & Gray Undoubtedly, the coronavirus pandemic revolutionised working life for a large proportion of the workforce worldwide, with millions of...
Nov 25, 2022 ICO highlights new strategic approach to regulatory action By Ropes & Gray On 22 November 2022, the UK Information Commissioner, John Edwards, emphasised the new approach to regulatory and enforcement action by...
Jul 27, 2021 UK Information Commissioner launches new version of AI and Data Protection Risk Toolkit By Ropes & Gray The use of AI systems can bring many benefits to many different businesses and sectors of society - such as healthcare and retail for...
Mar 15, 2021 First annual workplan of Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum published By Ropes & Gray The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has reported that the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF) has published its first...
Oct 29, 2020 UK Information Commissioner takes enforcement action against Experian By Ropes & Gray On 27 October 2020, following a two-year investigation into certain credit reference agencies, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office...
Oct 22, 2020 UK Information Commissioner publishes detailed guidance on right of access By Ropes & Gray On 21 October 2020 the UK Information Commissioner (ICO) published new detailed guidance regarding subject access requests (SARs) made by...
Jul 02, 2020 UK Information Commissioner publishes initial guidance for businesses collecting personal data for contact tracing By Ropes & Gray As lockdown restrictions are gradually relaxed and businesses slowly begin to resume their activities, the UK Information Commissioner...
May 22, 2020 The UK Information Commissioner’s regulatory approach and priorities during COVID-19 By Ropes & Gray Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a range of guidance, both to assist...
May 19, 2020 easyJet suffers data breach involving nine million customers By Ropes & Gray In news that will no doubt alarm many of the airline’s passengers, easyJet plc (easyJet) has confirmed that it has suffered a serious...
May 15, 2020 UK Information Commissioner issues new guidance for employers on workplace testing for coronavirus By Ropes & Gray Following the limited relaxation of lockdown restrictions by the UK Government and the likely return to the workplace of at least some...
Mar 17, 2020 The UK Information Commissioner issues general data protection advice for data controllers in respect of COVID-19 By Ropes & Gray The UK Information Commissioner (ICO) has issued some advice for data controllers in recognition of the significant challenges being...