Information Commissioner

With a need for mobile access to data and the influx of innovative and affordable cloud computing products to global markets, organisations are shifting towards a greater use of the cloud. In response to its growing popularity, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidelines on data protection compliance issues surrounding cloud computing. The practical

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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection and freedom of information regulator, has launched a high level “Information Rights Strategy”.

In it, the ICO identifies the following priority areas: Internet and mobile services; health; credit and finance; criminal justice; and information security.

The ICO will

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On Christmas Day, organisations operating in the UK will have just five months to get their act together and comply fully with the new EU-wide rules on cookies.

See earlier Client Alerts:

This post was also written Nick Tyler.

Now that the UK Coalition Government has published its Protection of Freedoms Bill (the Bill) the big question is whether the proposed changes will achieve their objective “to restore the rights of individuals in the face of encroaching state power, in keeping with Britain’s tradition of freedom and fairness”.

Key aspects of the Bill will impact data protection and freedom of information:Continue Reading ‘Protection of Freedoms Bill’ published – will ‘common sense’ prevail?