Unlike the Chemical Brothers, Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on regulators to hold back in order to galvanise economic growth in his speech to the International Investment Summit on 14 October 2024. We consider the implications for UK regulation of artificial intelligence (AI), digital markets and data protection by the ICO, CMA and Regulatory Innovation Office, and forthcoming legislation.

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As 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.

Nicola Cain5 July 2024General Election 2024, Labour Party, Data Protection, Personal Data, UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, PECR, DPA 2018, UK GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, Online Safety, Online Harms, eSafety, Online Safety Act 2023, Human Rights, Duty of Candour, Equality Act 2010, AI, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Intelligence (Employment and Regulation) Bill, National Data Library, Regulatory Innovation Office, Reputation Management, Libel, Slander, Malicious Falsehood, Misuse of Private Information, SLAPPs, Leveson 2, Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation Bill, Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation, Media Act 2024, PLATFORM REGULATION, CONTENT REGULATION, Radicalisation, Cyber Security, Cyber Resilience, Strategic Defence Review, Digital Markets, ESG, Environmental Social & Corporate Governance, Paris AgreementComment

Pledge or hedge?

Following 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.

Nicola Cain13 June 2024General Election 2024, GE2024, Data Protection, UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018, Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations, PECR, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Human Rights, Human Rights Act 1998, ESG, Environment, Environmental, Environmental Social & Governance, Environmental Social & Corporate Governance, Cyber Security, Digital Markets, Digital Services, Social Media, Technology, Technology Regulation, TECH REGULATION, Online Safety, Online Safety Act 2023, Online Harms, Reputation Management, Defamation, Libel, Slander, Misuse of Private Information, SLAPPs, Advertising, Gambling, Access to Information, Freedom of Information Act 2000, Open Justice, Conservative Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Green Party, CONTENT REGULATION, PLATFORM REGULATION, Data Protection ReformComment

Labouring under an illusion?

Handley Gill’s consultants reflect on the openDemocracy conference ‘Where are we now with the Freedom of Information Act?’, held on Friday 08 March 2024 at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, where Labour Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry MP gave the keynote speech outlining Labour’s position on FOIA, openness and transparency and the ICO warned of the potential for more stringent enforcement.

Nicola Cain8 March 2024Access to Information, Information Rights, Freedom of Information Act 2000, FOIA, FOI, Environmental Information Regulations 2004, EIRs, Information Commissioner, Information Commissioner's Office, ICO, Shadow Attorney General, Emily Thornberry MP, Labour Party, openDemocracy, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, IALS, Freedom of Information Statistics: annual 2022 bulletin, Transparency, John Edwards, Freedom of Information Act 2000 Post-Legislative Scrutiny, Independent Commission on Freedom of Information, Freedom of Information statistics: July to September 2023 bulletin, Public authority, Regulatory Enforcement, Enforcement Notice, Practice Recommendation, Institute for Government, OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OURdata Index, Open Useful and Re-Useable Data Index, Openness, The benefits of transparency: Why being more open is good for government, Publication Scheme, Section 19 Freedom of Information Act 2000, s.19 FOIA, Section 54 Freedom of Information Act 2000, S.54 FOIA, ContemptComment

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