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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Handley Gill’s specialist responsible artificial intelligence (AI) consultants consider the requirements of the new Code of Practice for the Cyber Security of AI published by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology and highlight the implications of the Code of Conduct for stakeholders in the AI lifecycle.

Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants discuss the history of Data Protection Day and propose methods to utilise the celebration of the anniversary to further your organisation’s data protection compliance in line with this year’s theme ‘A New Mandate for Data Protection’ in light of emerging technologies and legislative change.

Handley Gill’s specialist responsible AI consultants consider the requirements of the government’s AI Management Essentials (AIME) self-assessment tool, and address their adequacy in response to the government’s consultation, their role in establishing responsible AI management systems and processes and informing public procurement of AI models and their interaction with the Algorithmic Transparency Recording Standard (ATRS).

Handley Gill Limited’s specialist responsible AI consultants summarise the UK government’s AI Opportunities Action Plan prepared by Matt Clifford CBE and published on 13 January 2025, identifying and analysing the key recommendations affecting data protection, AI regulation, intellectual property and copyright and, ESG.

Handley Gill’s specialists responsible artificial intelligence (AI) consultants consider the implications of the new mandatory public sector algorithmic transparency recording standard for public sector bodies deploying AI models and other algorithmic tools, as well as for AI developers who wish to retain the confidentiality of their commercially sensitive AI models.