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.

On Hand March 2024

The 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.

Nicola Cain31 March 2024Data Protection, PERSONAL DATA, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, UK GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, UK GDPR, DATA PROTECTION ACT 2018, PRIVACY AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS REGULATIONS, PECR, ePrivacy Directive, Data Privacy, Cyber Security, Information Security, CONTENT REGULATION, Content Moderation, Reputation Management, Libel, Slander, Malicious Falsehood, Defamation, Misuse of Private Information, Privacy, Article 8 European Convention on Human Rights, Article 8 ECHR, Article 7 European Charter of Fundamental Freedoms, Article 8 European Charter of Fundamental Freedoms, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Freedom of Speech, Free speech, Freedom of Expression, Article 10 European Convention on Human Rights, Article 10 ECHR, Open Justice, Access to Information, Freedom of Information Act 2000, FOIA, Environmental Information Regulations 2004, EIRs, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Digital Markets Regulation, Human Rights, Human Rights Act 1998, European Convention on Human Rights, ESG, Environmental Social & Governance, Environmental Social & Corporate GovernanceComment

Commended

Team 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.

Regulation regeneration?

Handley 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).

Can data protection save the planet?

To 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.

Nicola Cain3 May 2023Data Protection, Data Privacy, GDPR, UK GDPR, Compliance, Regulation, Earth Day, Environment, Sustainability, ESG, Environmental, Social, Governance, Environmental Social & Governance, Climate Change, Privacy by Design, Data Protection Impact Assessment, DPIA, Data Minimisation, Data Retention, Information Security, Advertising, Marketing, Programmatic Advertising, Accuracy, Data Accuracy, Data Deletion, Directors' Duties, Companies Act 2006, s172(1) Companies Act 2006, s414C(7) Companies Act 2006, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, International Sustainability Standards Board, ISSB, Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, UN Sustainable Development Goals, Global Reporting Initiative, World Economic Forum, Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics, GR1 Universal Standards, Data ControllerComment