In the first Parliamentary debate on police use of live facial recognition technology, significant concerns were raised in relation to the latitude afforded to chief officers in deploying the biometric artificial intelligence (AI) tool. Handley Gill’s specialist consultants, whose advice on the deployment of LFR was acknowledged during the debate, consider the implications of the new Labour government’s proposals to revisit the legislative and regulatory framework governing the deployment of live facial recognition by law enforcement.
Read MoreWith 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.
Read MoreThe UK government has today (05 September 2024) joined the US, EU and other countries in signing the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law. Handley Gill’s specialist artificial intelligence (AI) consultants consider the implications of this statement of intent for the UK’s current and proposed legislation as announced in the King’s Speech 2024, and what new laws and amendments will be necessary to enable the UK to meet the AI Treaty’s obligations.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s consultants consider the implications of the Labour Party’s immediate legislative priorities as set out in the King’s Speech 2024 for data protection, privacy, reputation management, freedom of expression, online safety, cyber security, digital markets regulation, artificial intelligence (AI), content regulation, human rights and ESG, and identify the manifesto commitments that will be delayed.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist consultants consider what a Labour Party AI Bill, announced in the King’s Speech on 17 July 2024, will regulate, considering its manifesto commitments and the TUC’s proposed Artificial Intelligence (Employment and Regulation) Bill, and contrasting with Lord Holmes’ Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill which fell at the dissolution of the last Parliament and the EU’s AI Act.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s consultants analyse the Government’s response to its consultation on the White Paper ‘A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation’, published on 06 February 2024, and its implications for AI developers and UK creators, business and the public, identifying the steps the Government has committed to take.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist AI and data protection consultants summarise the House of Lords’ Communications and Digital Committee’s report on Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI, which calls on the government to act at pace to address the real and immediate risks posed by artificial intelligence.
Read MoreOn 2 November 2023, as the UK government hosts the Global AI Safety Summit focusing on the ‘what ifs’ of frontier AI models, Handley Gill’s consultants will host an AI Fringe webinar on the risks that using AI poses to individuals, organisations and society right now, and the practical steps that can be taken by organisations deploying AI to do so safely and ethically. Register for the free webinar via Eventbrite.
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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