Even more reasonable

With employers having a matter of weeks to implement reasonable measures to prevent sexual harassment at work to comply with the requirements of the Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023, Handley Gill's consultants identify the steps employers should take to establish a sexual harassment prevention programme and associated data protection compliance measures. As Labour's Employment Rights Bill would expand the scope of the employer's duty to take all reasonable measures and to address threats posed by third parties, employers should consider voluntarily expanding the scope of their programme now.

Nicola Cain13 October 2024Human Rights, Discrimination, Equality Act 2010, Sexual Harassment Risk Assessment, Data Protection, UK GDPR, GDPR, DATA PROTECTION ACT 2018, Article 9 UK GDPR, Article 9(2)(b) UK GDPR, Schedule 1 Part 1 paragraph 1 Data Protection Act 2018, DPA 2018, Appropriate Policy Document, SPECIAL CATEGORY PERSONAL DATA, Special Category Data, Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023, Employment Rights Bill, ECHR, European Convention on Human Rights, Article 8 European Convention on Human Rights, Article 14 European Convention on Human Rights, Article 10 European Convention on Human Rights, Bill 011 2024-25, ESG, Environmental Social & Governance, Environmental Social & Corporate Governance, Privacy Policy, Privacy Notice, Article 5 UK GDPR, Data Protection Principles, Data Minimisation, Lawful Basis for Processing, Accuracy, Duty to Prevent Sexual HarassmentComment

A problem shared...

As Iceland boss Richard Walker decried data protection and human rights laws for allegedly preventing him and his staff from sharing information with other retailers in order tackle the scourge of shoplifting, Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants consider how these and other laws apply to retailers and shopping centre operators and identify the steps retailers can take to lawfully share personal data for the purposes of preventing or detecting crime.

Nicola Cain3 September 2024Data Protection, Personal Data, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, UK GDPR, UK GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, Data Controller, Data Sharing, Data Sharing Agreement, Criminal Conviction & Offence Data, Article 10 UK GDPR, Section 11 Data Protection Act 2018, s.11 DPA 2018, Section 11(2) Data Protection Act 2018, s.11(2) DPA 2018, Section 10 Data Protection Act 2018, S.10 DPA 2018, Section 10(5) Data Protection Act 2018, s.10(5) DPA 2018, Retail, Retail Crime, Theft, Shoplifting, Data Protection Offences, Data protection impact assessment, DPIA, Appropriate Policy Document, Schedule 1 Data Protection Act 2018, Public Domain, Manifestly Made Public, NT1 & NT2 v Google LLC [2018] EWHC 799 (QB), Data Privacy, Misuse of Private Information, Article 8 ECHR, Article 8 European Convention on Human Rights, Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, Retention Schedule, Data Retention, Section 170 Data Protection Act 2018, Prevention or detection of crime, Crime prevention, Crime detection, Human Rights Act 1998, Reputation Management, Defamation, Libel, SlanderComment

Now you see me...

As police forces are encouraged by the government to expand their use of live facial recognition technologies, with the Prime Minister announcing additional funding, Handley Gill Limited’s specialist consultants consider the legal issues that arise and the actions that Chief Constables and forces must take prior to deploying or even procuring LFR for law enforcement purposes.

Nicola Cain15 April 2024Data Protection, Personal Data, Part 3 DPA 2018, Part 3 Data Protection Act 2018, Law Enforcement, Law Enforcement Processing, Police, Policing, Biometric data, Biometric Processing, Sensitive Processing, Human Rights, DATA PROTECTION ACT 2018, Human Rights Act 1998, Article 8, Article 8 ECHR, Article 8 European Convention on Human Rights, Article 14 ECHR, Article 14 European Convention on Human Rights, Facial Recognition, Live Facial Recognition, LFR, Public Sector Equality Duty, PSED, Discrimination, Bias, Surveillance, Surveillance Camera Commissioner, Biometrics Commissioner, Data protection impact assessment, DPIA, Appropriate Policy Document, Equality Impact Assessment, Community Impact Assessment, Human Rights Impact Assessment, Cyber Security Risk Assessment, Integrated Impact Assessment, Model Card, Algorithmic Impact Assessment, Algorithmic Transparency Report, Algorithmic Transparency, Data Processing Agreement, Data Sharing Agreement, Joint Controller Agreement, Privacy Policy, Privacy Notice, House of Lords Justice & Home Affairs CommitteeComment

Pride 2023: Take pride in your processing

Effective data protection compliance measures can promote, empower and protect the LGBTQIA+ community and can not only assist organisations in identifying and eliminating discrimination, but also in supporting LGBTQIA+ individuals and enabling them to have their gender identity and sexual orientation recognised.

Nicola Cain26 June 2023DATA PROTECTION, PERSONAL DATA, UK GDPR, UK GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, GDPR, GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, DATA PROTECTION ACT 2018, DPA 2018, SPECIAL CATEGORY PERSONAL DATA, SENSITIVE PERSONAL DATA, SEX LIFE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER, PRIDE, LGBTQIA+, Inferred personal data, Data protection impact assessment, DPIA, Article 4(1) UK GDPR, Article 4(1) GDPR, Article 9(1) UK GDPR, Article 9(1) GDPR, Section 10 Data Protection Act 2018, S.10 Data Protection Act 2018, S.10 DPA 2018, Schedule 1 Data Protection Act 2018, Schedule 1 Part 2 paragraph 8 Data Protection Act 2018, Schedule 1 Part 2 paragraph 16 Data Protection Act 2018, Schedule 1 Part 2 paragraph 17 Data Protection Act 2018, Article 5(1)(d) UK GDPR, Article 5(1)(d) GDPR, Article 17 UK GDPR, Article 17 GDPR, Right to be Forgotten, Article 21 UK GDPR, Article 21 GDPR, Article 25 UK GDPR, Article 25 GDPR, Article 5(1)(c) UK GDPR, Article 5(1)(c) GDPR, Appropriate Policy Document, Data ControllerComment