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 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 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 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 MoreHandley 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.
Read MoreHandley 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.
Read MoreFollowing the conclusion of the House of Lords’ Grand Committee’s scrutiny of the Data (Use and Access) Bill, Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants report on peers’ consideration of the Bill at Report stage on 21 and 28 January 2025.
Read MoreHandley 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.
Read MoreAs the Data (Use and Access) Bill continues its passage through the House of Lords, Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants summarise the fourth and final scrutiny session of the House of Lords’ Grand Committee on the Data (Use and Access) Bill on 18 December 2024, when peers continued their consideration of the provisions of Part 5 of the Data (Use and Access) Bill on ‘Data protection and privacy’, and Parts 6-8.
Read MoreAs the Data (Use and Access) Bill continues its passage through the House of Lords, Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants summarise third scrutiny session of the House of Lords’ Grand Committee on the Data (Use and Access) Bill on 16 December 2024, when peers continued their consideration of the provisions of Part 5 of the Data (Use and Access) Bill on ‘Data protection and privacy’.
Read MoreAs the Data (Use and Access) Bill continues its passage through the House of Lords, Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants summarise the second scrutiny session of the House of Lords’ Grand Committee on the Data (Use and Access) Bill on 10 December 2024, when peers began their consideration of the provisions of Part 5 of the Data (Use and Access) Bill on ‘Data protection and privacy’.
Read MoreAs the Data (Use and Access) Bill continues its passage through the House of Lords, Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants summarise the first session of the House of Lords’ Grand Committee’s scrutiny of the Data (Use and Access) Bill on 03 December 2024.
Read MoreIn a comprehensive briefing, the Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants analyse the provisions of the Labour government’s Data (Use and Access) Bill (HL Bill 40 2024-25) as introduced in the House of Lords on 23 October 2024, the latest attempt after the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill to reform UK data protection law, as set out in the UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Data Protection Act 1998 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR).
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants have prepared unofficial Keeling schedules showing track change mark ups of the changes proposed by the Data (Use & Access) Bill (HL Bill 40) to the Data Protection Act 2018, UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR) respectively. Download for free and sign up for updates on the Bill.
Read MoreThe new Labour government has today (23 October 2024) introduced the Data (Use and Access) Bill in the House of Lords, in the latest attempt to reform the UK’s data protection laws as set out in the UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Data Protection Act 1998 and Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations.
Read MoreFollowing the announcement of the snap General Election to take place on 04 July 2024, and the launch of the major parties’ manifesto pledges during London Tech Week 2024, Handley Gill analyses the manifesto pledges of the major UK-wide political parties and their implications for cyber security, data protection, online safety, artificial intelligence (AI), digital markets, content regulation, reputation management, open justice, access to information, human rights and ESG.
Read MoreFollowing the announcement on 22 May 2024 of the snap General Election to take place on 04 July 2024, Parliament has been prorogued with effect from 24 May 2024 (meaning Parliamentary business is suspended thereafter) and will be dissolved with effect from 30 May 2024. The brief period between the announcement of the election and prorogation is known as wash up, when political parties must negotiate to pass outstanding Bills, or parts of them, or Bills fall. Prorogation also bring an end to the work of the various Parliamentary Committees. Handley Gill’s consultants consider which Bills have been washed up and which have fallen in the context of cyber security, data protection, online safety, artificial intelligence (AI), digital markets, content regulation, reputation management, open justice, access to information, human rights and ESG, as well as the work of Parliamentary Committees which were either rushed out or dropped.
Read MoreThe snap General Election announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak for 04 July 2024, and the consequent curtailment of the Parliamentary session, will mean that there will be insufficient time for the remaining Parliamentary stages of the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, including the House of Lords Report stage which was due to commence from 10 June, to be undertaken prior to the prorogation and dissolution of Parliament.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s consultants highlight and consider the content of the King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament 2023, and the implications for those with an interest in data protection, privacy, freedom of expression, online safety, cyber security, broadcasting and VOD regulation, digital markets regulation and/or artificial intelligence.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s data protection consultants consider the implications of the data subject access request (DSAR) submitted by Nigel Farage in the context of his de-banking dispute with Coutts & Co and its parent company Natwest, and advise how individuals can make a data subject access request (DSAR).
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