Data Downgrade Down Under?

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.

Nicola Cain31 May 2023BREXIT, UK, United Kingdom, Australia, Data Protection, Personal Data, Privacy, Data Privacy, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, UK GDPR, UK GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, DATA PROTECTION ACT 2018, Section 17A Data Protection Act 2018, Adequacy Decision, Adequacy Regulations, New Zealand, European Commission, Secretary of State for Science Innovation & Technology, Marketing, Direct Marketing, Consent, Marketing Consent, Privacy Act, Privacy Act Review, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, Foreign Office, Department for Business and Trade, Department for Science Innovation and Technology, Department for Culture Media & Sport, Data Transfer, Restricted Data Transfer, Restricted International Data Transfers, International data transfers, Standard contractual clauses, Derogations, Data Controller, Data ProcessorComment

New and improved?

The Second Reading of, and first chance for Parliament to debate, the government’s second attempt to reform the UK’s data protection legislation, in what it has described as the “improved” and “common-sense-led” Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill (Bill 265 2022-23) takes place on 17 April 2023. Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants consider its impact on the UK’s existing data protection legislation and identify amendments that would improve the Bill.

Nicola Cain17 April 2023Data Protection, Personal Data, GDPR, UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Data Protection Reform, PECR, DPA 2018, Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, Data Reform Bill, Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill, Bill 265 2022-23, DPDI Bill, Data: A New Direction, DPDI2 Bill, Bill 143 2022-23, General Data Protection Regulation, UK GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, DPDI(2) Bill, DPDI (No.2) Bill, Information Commissioner, Information Commission, Supervisory Authority, Department for Culture Media & Sport, Department for Science Technology & Innovation, Department for Science Innnovation & Technology, Department for Science Innovation & Technology, Brexit, Innovation, Code of Practice, Statutory Code of Practice, DATA SUBJECT ACCESS REQUEST, Data Subject Rights, Vexatious or excessive, Approved person, Data subject complaint, Data controller complaint, Statement of Strategic Priorities, Enforcement, Regulatory Enforcement, Interview notices, First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights), Notice of Intent, Monetary Penalty Notice, Definition of personal data, Data Controller, Data ProcessorComment

SIT down...

The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced that a new government department is to be created, the Department for Science, Technology & Innovation, which is likely to take on responsibility from DCMS for online safety and data protection.