Last week, Prime Minister asked “how can we write laws [to regulate AI] that make sense for something we don’t yet fully understand?”. The PM does not appreciate that his Government has already drafted a law that applies to the

I was surprised by the recent Tribunal Decision (the “Decision”) which quashed Clearview’s £7.5 million fine on the grounds the UK_GDPR did not apply. My puzzlement has given rise to several important questions about the Decision. These questions need an

I have atoned for not delivering a blog for two months by reading Schedule 13 of the Data Protection and Digital Information No 2 Bill (the “Bill”). As readers know, the Information Commissioner (ICO) is to be replaced by an

Who should prepare Codes of Practice that describe good practice in data protection? Should a Code’s final content be the responsibility of the data protection regulator or a government minister? I can sense your reaction to these two questions. A

Last week, the Prime Minister was quoted concerning the need to ensure Artificial Intelligence (AI) is “introduced safely and securely with guard-rails in place”. Strange to find that he appears to be unaware that several of these urgently needed guard-rails

The DPDI No.2 Bill (the “Bill”) overturns the Third Party direct marketing rules in relation to data subject’s consent that have applied for 40 years, ever since the DPA1984. This blog illustrates how Third Party marketeers will be able to

The blog provides a summary of seven areas where the proposed Data Protection and Digital Information No. 2 Bill (“No.2 Bill”) undermines privacy issues; these should be debated by Parliament. Some area, such as ICO independence and research, are left