Handley 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.
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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.
While the sale of marketing lists is generally prohibited, as retail insolvencies increase Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants analyse the Information Commissioner’s laissez-faire approach to the purchase and use of the CRM databases of companies in administration and consider the opportunity this offers to administrators and potential purchasers of distressed businesses by reference to the recent case studies of Tesco’s purchase of Paperchase’s assets and the sale of The Body Shop’s assets.
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As the Information Commissioner warns websites they have 30 days to achieve cookie compliance or face regulatory enforcement action, Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants advise on how to ensure that the Information Commissioner’s appetite for enforcing cookie compliance under PECR isn’t a recipe for disaster for your organisation. While amending your cookie banner is a bitter pill to swallow, your website won’t be toast and you can avoid having to eat humble pie.
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Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants analyse the ICO’s monetary penalty notice fining TikTok £12.7m over its processing of children’s personal data, the implications for providers of information society services and identify potential grounds for TikTok’s appeal.
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Handley Gill Limited’s data protection consultants consider the implications of the 2021 Free Trade Agreement between the UK and Australia - taking effect on 31 May 2023 - for the protection of personal data and the ease of international transfers of personal data.
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Handley Gill Limited, and its specialist data protection consultants, respond to the Information Commissioner’s (ICO’s) consultation on its draft ‘Employment practices: monitoring at work’ guidance, which addresses the lawfulness of the use of workplace monitoring and surveillance technologies in the workplace (whether office, home or remote working) and on workers’ devices.
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The Information Commissioner recently published an opinion, 'Who’s Under Investigation? The processing of victims’ personal data in rape and serious sexual offence investigations', which calls on the police, CPS and other prosecution agencies to overhaul their approach to the obtaining and retention of victim personal data.
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