Handley Gill
LEGAL & REGULATORY COMPLIANCE CONSULTANTS
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Handley Gill Limited is a consultancy based in London and SE, with links to NW & NE, offering specialist data protection and legal affairs advice and services. We work with a range of industries, but have particular specialisms in journalism and content creation, social media, and law enforcement.

Data Protection Impact Assessments

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Outsourced Data Protection Officer

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Privacy Policies

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International Data Transfer Risk Assessments

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Data Processing Agreements

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International Data Transfer Agreements

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Legitimate Interests Assessments

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Incident Response

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Data Subject Rights

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Training

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Vendor Risk Assessments

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Breach Preparedness

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Marketing Compliance

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Privacy By Design

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Regulatory Enforcement

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Governance & Oversight

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First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) Appeals

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Lawful Basis for Processing

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Data Ethics

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) Risk Assessments (AIRAs)

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Age Appropriate Design Code / Children's Code

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UK Representative

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ESG Compliance

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Data Breach Remediation

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Online Safety

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Outsourced Artificial Intelligence (AI) Responsible Officer (AIRO)

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Human Rights Impact Assessments

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Equality Impact Assessments

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Illegal Content Risk Assessments

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Children's Access Assessments

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Children's Risk Assessments

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Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) Reports

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Terms & Conditions

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Community Standards

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Data Protection Impact Assessments - Outsourced Data Protection Officer - Privacy Policies - International Data Transfer Risk Assessments - Data Processing Agreements - International Data Transfer Agreements - Legitimate Interests Assessments - Incident Response - Data Subject Rights - Training - Vendor Risk Assessments - Breach Preparedness - Marketing Compliance - Privacy By Design - Regulatory Enforcement - Governance & Oversight - First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) Appeals - Lawful Basis for Processing - Data Ethics - Artificial Intelligence (AI) Risk Assessments (AIRAs) - Age Appropriate Design Code / Children's Code - UK Representative - ESG Compliance - Data Breach Remediation - Online Safety - Outsourced Artificial Intelligence (AI) Responsible Officer (AIRO) - Human Rights Impact Assessments - Equality Impact Assessments - Illegal Content Risk Assessments - Children's Access Assessments - Children's Risk Assessments - Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS) Reports - Terms & Conditions - Community Standards -

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Tell me why!
Tell me why!

When, to coin the Little Britain phrase, the “computer says no”, what information are individuals entitled to know? Handley Gill’s specialist data protection and responsible AI consultants summarise the ruling in C‑203/22 CK v Magistrat der Stadt Wien (commonly referred to as the Dun & Bradstreet case) determining how to comply with the obligation to provide meaningful information on automated decision-making.

Get Outta My Pub!
Get Outta My Pub!

Handley Gill‘s specialist responsible AI and human rights consultants explain the basis for the argument in their response to the government’s consultation on copyright and artificial intelligence (AI) that proposals to create an exception to the exclusive rights of copyright holders to permit web scraping/data mining for the training validation and testing of AI models infringe human rights.

Government by Gaslight
Government by Gaslight

Handley Gill’s specialist responsible AI consultants respond to the Government’s consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence (AI), in which the Government proposes to create a copyright exception for data mining which would require rights holders to opt out through approved means and that AI developers be transparent about the sources of their AI training material.

Shortlisted: 2025 Cybersecurity and Resilience Awards
Shortlisted: 2025 Cybersecurity and Resilience Awards

Handley Gill Limited has been shortlisted for the 2025 Cybersecurity and Resilience Awards for its campaign to get company directors and charity trustees to address cyber security and business resilience, including in respect of their supply chains, and its success in lobbying the Institute of Directors to recognise risk management and business resilience as a core tenet of responsible business in its Code of Conduct for Directors.

More for less?
More for less?

Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants highlight the increase by an average of 29.9% in the data protection fee payable to the Information Commissioner with effect from 17 February 2025, and consider what controllers and the public can expect from the data protection regulator as a consequence.

Common Cause Part I
Common Cause Part I

Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants report on the Data (Use and Access) Bill’s Second Reading in the House of Commons on 12 February 2025, which provided MPs with the first opportunity to debate proposals to reform the UK’s data protection legislation.

Trumped?
Trumped?

This Safer Internet Day 2025, Handley Gill considers recent developments and reports on the UK government’s policy stance on the regulation of Big Tech and how Labour’s ambitions have been tempered since President Trump’s inauguration, particularly in relation to online safety and artificial intelligence, and even pandering to AI developers by taking steps toward reforming copyright laws restricting data mining for AI training.

Peer Review VI
Peer Review VI

Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants report on peers’ final consideration of the Data (Use and Access) Bill at Third Reading on 05 February 2025, when the Government was defeated by Baroness Owen’s amendments in relation to non-consensual deepfake intimate image offences, before the Bill was sent to the House of Commons.

Mum's the Word!
Mum's the Word!

As the deadline for online services to conduct an illegal harms risk assessment/illegal content risk assessment under the Online Safety Act 2023 approaches, Handley Gill’s specialist online safety consultants consider the implications of the posting of illegal content on popular online forum Mumsnet for online services subject to the online safety regime and the efficacy of the regime for preventing users from encountering illegal content in light of Ofcom’s guidance.

AI. Aye? Nay!
AI. Aye? Nay!

Handley Gill’s specialist responsible AI consultants highlight the provisions of the EU AI Act coming into force on 02 February 2025 which ban certain AI practices within the EU, including manipulative or deceptive techniques, exploiting vulnerabilities, social scoring, predictive policing, facial recognition databases based on scraping, emotion recognition at school or work, biometric categorisation and real time biometric identification in public spaces for law enforcement, as well as new positive obligations on AI developers and deployers relating to AI literacy.