Our expert consultants at Handley Gill share their knowledge and advice on emerging data protection, privacy, content regulation, reputation management, cyber security, and information access issues in our blog.
Handley Gill’s specialist AI governance consultants review the implementation of the EU AI Act and highlight the obligations coming into force on providers of general-purpose AI models, including those posing systemic risk, in just 4 months’ time from 02 August 2025.
Read MoreMarch 2025 edition of Handley Gill’s monthly digital newsletter, On Hand, with all the latest developments in data protection (UK, EU and global), cyber security, AI and machine learning, content regulation, open justice, access to information, reputation management, digital markets regulation, human rights & ESG. Presented in a readily digestible digital format, those who prefer the traditional newsletter format can export the newsletter to pdf.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist online safety consultants analyse the fine imposed on the provider of OnlyFans, its second fine against a video sharing platform provider for failure to comply with an information notice issued under Part 4B Communications Act 2003, the precursor to the Online Safety Act 2023 regulating video sharing platforms, examining common themes in Ofcom’s approach to enforcement having regard to its earlier fine on TikTok and, considering the implications for entities subject to the Online Safety Act 2023.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s AI governance consultants identify the children’s rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child most relevant to the development and deployment of AI systems, and consider their enforceability in the context of summarising the 5Rights Foundation’s recently launched Children and AI Design Code and analysing its implications for developers and deployers of AI systems, addressing the extent to which they are obliged to comply with its requirements.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants report on the final sessions of the House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Data (Use and Access) Bill on 11 March 2025, when the government reversed several amendments made in the House of Lords.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants summarise and comment on the efficacy of the Information Commissioner’s strategy to enforce its Age Appropriate Design Code aka the Children’s Code, the likely targets of future enforcement activity and, the impact of regulatory co-operation with Ofcom.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist artificial intelligence (AI) governance consultants analyse the requirements of the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence (AI), and its HUDERIA methodology for conducting artificial intelligence (AI) impact assessments (or conformity assessments under the EU AI Act) addressing the impact of AI systems impact on human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist online safety consultants highlight the passing of the deadline for online services to complete their illegal content risk assessments under the Online Safety Act 2023 and comment on next steps, including the obligation to implement mitigations against the identified risks and the online safety regulator, Ofcom’s, enforcement measures.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants highlight the European Data Protection Board’s (EDPB’s) announcement of action throughout 2025 under its Co-ordinated Enforcement Framework on the right to erasure, or right to be forgotten, under Article 17 GDPR, identifying likely recipients, how controllers can prepare and how they might respond.
Read MoreHandley Gill is the winner of the 2025 Cybersecurity and Resilience Award for Best Cybersecurity Awareness Campaign for our work securing amendments to the Institute of Directors’ voluntary Code of Conduct for Directors to reflect that risk management, including cyber risk, and business resilience across supply chains are essential tenets of responsible business. But we’re not stopping there, and are calling on the government to incorporate several provisions into the Cybersecurity & Resilience Bill to protect the people, property and prosperity of UK plc.
Read MoreTo coincide with Public Sector AI Week 2025, Handley Gill’s specialist AI governance consultants consider how public law obligations apply to public authorities and other bodies carrying out public functions when using artificial intelligence (AI) and the measures they can take to demonstrate compliance and minimise the risk of judicial review challenge.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants report on the first sittings of the House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the Data (Use and Access) Bill on 04 March 2025, when the government reversed several amendments made in the House of Lords.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist content moderation, online safety and responsible AI consultants consider the report of the Independent Pornography Review carried out by Baroness Bertin, which has implications not only for platforms hosting pornographic content but for producers, adult performers and creators, ancillary service providers, advertisers, AI developers and regulators.
Read MoreUnofficial Keeling schedules demonstrating the effect that the Data (Use & Access) Bill (Bill 179 20224-25) (as brought from the Lords) will have on the Data Protection Act 2018, UK GDPR and Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations (PECR).
Read MoreHandley Gill highlights the written evidence submitted by its expert data protection consultants to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee on the the Data (Use & Access) Bill, detailing the implications of the Bill and opportunities to improve it through amendments, which has been accepted and published by the Committee as DUAB20.
Read MoreWhen, 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.
Read MoreHandley 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.
Read MoreHandley 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.
Read MoreHandley 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.
Read MoreHandley 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.
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