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.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s consultants consider the new Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill, which would establish the AI Authority, impose a requirement to make regulations on AI Responsible Officers (AIROs) and impose notification and compliance obligations in relation to training data.
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