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 ESG and human rights consultants consider the matters that financial entities should be considering when assessing their third party ICT service providers’ compliance with ethical and social responsibilities under Article 6(1)(f) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1773 and the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
Read MoreWith just one month until the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act becomes applicable, Handley Gill’s consultants examine the requirements imposed by DORA on financial entities and, by extension, their third party ICT service providers in relation to their contractual arrangements and obligations to provide information, and identify where financial entities may be seeking to impose adverse commercial terms on their supply chain under the guise of DORA compliance.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist ESG consultants consider the implications for company directors of the Institute of Directors’ recommendations for corporate governance best practice as set out in its voluntary Code of Conduct for Directors, and identify practical measures executive and non-executive directors can take to meet good industry practice in complying with the responsible business principle. Download our free primer on directors’ statutory duties under the Companies Act 2006 and best practice principles of the Institute of Directors’ Code of Conduct for Directors.
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 MoreAugust 2024 edition of Handley Gill’s monthly digital newsletter, On Hand, with all the latest developments in data protection (UK, EU and global), cyber security, AI and machine learning, content regulation, online safety, open justice, access to information, reputation management, digital markets regulation, human rights & ESG. Presented in a readily digestible digital format, those who prefer the traditional newsletter format can export the newsletter to pdf.
Read MoreHandley Gill Limited calls on the Institute of Directors to amend its proposed voluntary Code of Conduct for Directors of UK companies to reflect risk management as a core tenet of responsible business and to promote business resilience across supply chains, to help UK plc win the war on cyber crime and safeguard the UK’s people, property and prosperity.
Read MoreJuly 2024 edition of Handley Gill’s monthly digital newsletter, On Hand, with all the latest developments in data protection (UK, EU and global), cyber security, AI and machine learning, content regulation, online safety, open justice, access to information, reputation management and free speech, digital markets regulation, human rights & ESG. Presented in a readily digestible digital format, those who prefer the traditional newsletter format can export the newsletter to pdf.
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 MoreHandley Gill Limited’s specialist data protection and ESG consultants consider the results of the Information Commissioner’s Office’s Cyber Security Incident Trends Report for Q1 2024 and the implications for Sir Keir Starmer’s new Labour government, calling for a greater understanding of and focus on cyber and information risk management by directors and trustees.
Read MoreAs the UK’s 58th Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, enters 10 Downing Street following the Labour Party’s landslide victory in the 2024 General Election, Handley Gill’s consultants consider what we can expect 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 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 MoreThe May 2024 edition of Handley Gill’s monthly digital newsletter, On Hand, with all the latest developments in data protection (UK, EU and global), cyber security, AI and machine learning, content regulation, open justice, access to information, reputation management, digital markets regulation, human rights & ESG. Presented in a readily digestible digital format, those who prefer the traditional newsletter format can export the newsletter to pdf.
Read MoreThe March 2024 edition of Handley Gill’s monthly digital newsletter, On Hand, with all the latest developments in data protection (UK, EU and global), cyber security, AI and machine learning, content regulation, open justice, access to information, reputation management, digital markets regulation, human rights & ESG. Presented in a readily digestible digital format, those who prefer the traditional newsletter format can export the newsletter to pdf.
Read MoreTeam at Handley Gill Limited receive an award commending the legal services provide to its client, the City of London Corporation acting in its capacity as police authority for the City of London Police in connection with the National Police Chiefs’ Council’s (NPCC’s) National Cybercrime Programme, which the City hosts.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s consultants respond to the Department for Business and Trade’s consultation on ‘Smarter Regulation and the Regulatory Landscape’, drawing on their experience of advising and representing individuals and regulated entities on data protection, online safety, content regulation, AI, human rights and ESG issues before regulators including the Information Commissioner’s Office, Ofcom and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
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 MoreIn Part 2 of our 5 part Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bootcamp, we consider the risks associated with developing artificial intelligence (AI) tools, including to intellectual property rights (IPR), data protection and privacy, cyber security, human rights and the existential risk to humanity. In Part 1 of our AI Bootcamp we considered the terms and concepts needed to understand what AI is and how it works. In Parts 3-4 we will consider the risks of using and even not using AI, while in Part 5 of our AI Bootcamp, we will focus on AI regulation.
Read MoreMay 2023 edition of Handley Gill’s monthly digital newsletter, with all the latest developments in data protection (UK, EU and global), cyber security, AI and machine learning, content regulation, open justice, access to information, reputation management and digital markets regulation. Presented in a readily digestible digital format, those who prefer the traditional newsletter format can export the newsletter to pdf.
Read MoreTo acknowledge Earth Day, Handley Gill’s specialist consultants comment on how data protection / data privacy compliance can contribute to satisfying environment, social, and governance (ESG) goals, and the practical steps that organisations can take to implement and report upon sustainability measures to demonstrate accountability.
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