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 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.
Read MoreAs the Information Commissioner’s Office consults on the lawful basis for web scraping by AI developers to train generative AI models under the UK GDPR, Handley Gill’s specialist data protection and artificial intelligence (AI) consultants comment on the issues arising and share their consultation response.
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 MoreThis Data Protection Day 2024 - aka Data Privacy Day 2024 - on 28 January, Handley Gill Limited’s specialist data protection consultants identify the ways that both data subjects and data controllers can ‘Take Control of Your Data’.
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 MoreHandley Gill’s specialist online safety consultants respond to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology’s consultation on ‘Super-complaints: eligible entity criteria and procedural requirements’ under the Online Safety Act 2023. Ofcom will be responsible for considering super-complaints.
Read MoreAs the Information Commissioner warns websites they have 30 days to achieve cookie compliance or face regulatory enforcement action, Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants advise on how to ensure that the Information Commissioner’s appetite for enforcing cookie compliance under PECR isn’t a recipe for disaster for your organisation. While amending your cookie banner is a bitter pill to swallow, your website won’t be toast and you can avoid having to eat humble pie.
Read MoreTo coincide with the AI Safety Summit on 1-2 November 2023, Handley Gill hosted an official AI Fringe event ‘practical mAgIC: a practical guide to deploying AI safely’ addressing the measures organisations using – or considering using – AI should be taking to use AI responsibly, ethically and in alignment with their ESG goals. This post includes a recording of the webinar and access to resources and materials referenced therein, in particular Handley Gill’s AI CAN (AI Capability & Needs Analysis) tool to assess your organisational readiness to adopt AI responsibly and our checklist on using AI responsibly, safely & ethically.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants respond to the Information Commissioner’s consultation on its draft Data Protection Fining Guidance, which will replace relevant parts of its Regulatory Action Policy (2018) relating to when the issue of a monetary penalty notice is appropriate and the approach to calculating any fine.
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.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants consider the conclusions and implications of the College of Policing’s review of Lancashire Constabulary’s handling of the investigation into the disappearance of Nicola Bulley for the processing of personal data for law enforcement purposes by police forces and other competent authorities under Part 3 Data Protection Act 2018.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s consultants highlight and consider the content of the King’s Speech at the State Opening of Parliament 2023, and the implications for those with an interest in data protection, privacy, freedom of expression, online safety, cyber security, broadcasting and VOD regulation, digital markets regulation and/or artificial intelligence.
Read MoreReflecting on the reprimand issued by the Information Commissioner against the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) for unlawfully transferring personal data processed for the law enforcement purposes under Part 3 Data Protection Act 2018 to the USA, Handley Gill’s consultants identify the elements of a compliance programme that would mitigate against such incidents and have produced a downloadable pdf illustrating each lawful basis for transferring personal data processed under Part 3 DPA 2018 overseas.
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 MoreThe grant of Royal Assent to the Online Safety Act 2023 on 26 October 2023 starts the countdown to Ofcom’s Roadmap to Regulation for user-to-user services, search services, video sharing platforms and services with pornographic content. Handley Gill’s consultants have produced a visual timeline of Ofcom’s proposals for the implementation of the Online Safety Act 2023.
Read MoreHandley Gill Limited’s consultants respond to the Information Commissioner’s consultation on the draft Biometric Data Guidance Phase 1. We call for clarity on the circumstances in which the deployment of biometric recognition technologies will be considered to be lawful, particularly in the context of employment and the workplace, confirmation that a Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) will always be required when deploying biometric recognition technologies and inclusion of the benefits and risks of biometric recognition. Finally, we argued for greater clarity about the requirements for further processing of special category biometric data.
Read MoreHandley Gill Ltd’s specialist consultants provide initial comment and analysis on The Sun’s report of David Walliams’ data protection claim against one of the co-producers of ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent, Fremantle Media, including the nature of the claim, potential defences and the sums being claimed. The claim arises from the the leak of a transcript of comments made by Walliams on set to The Guardian in November 2022.
Read MoreHandley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants consider the implications of The Data Protection (Adequacy) (United States of America) Regulations 2023 (SI 2023/1028) for data exporters subject to the UK GDPR conducting personal data transfers from the UK to the USA and what action should be taken.
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