Focusing on the latest digital trends and risks and developments in the field of data protection, privacy, information and cyber law.
Digital Services Act – a consultation on an evolution
12 June 2020 Emma Keeling
On 2 June 2020, the European Commission announced that it had launched a public consultation on the much anticipated Digital Services Act package. This package was a fundamental part of the “Shaping Europe’s Digital Future” Communication in February and is a key step to creating a “Europe fit for the Digital Age”. The consultation covers › Read More
Where Have All The ICO’s Fines Gone To?
01 May 2020 David Smith
Before we all started to feel the impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus emergency and the ICO published its light touch approach to regulation during the pandemic, those who follow these matters closely were already wondering what might have happened to all the ICO’s fines. The UK’s data protection regulator has, not surprisingly, continued to impose › Read More
UK ICO Sets Out Approach To Data Protection Enforcement During Covid-19 Coronavirus Emergency
24 April 2020 David Smith
The ICO’s recently published regulatory approach during the Covid-19 coronavirus public health emergency may not contain any great surprises but should nevertheless bring some welcome relief to businesses. In this time of so much uncertainty anything that limits that uncertainty, even if only in relation to the risks of data protection enforcement, must be a › Read More
Covid-19 coronavirus: UK launches Future Fund to support fast-growth businesses
21 April 2020 William Samengo-Turner
In what will undoubtedly be a relief for UK’s technology and life science sectors, the government yesterday unveiled the ways in which it plans to support the community of fast-growth businesses that drive so much innovation within its domestic market and around the world. Privately held UK businesses that have raised at least £250,000 in › Read More
Data protection, cybersecurity and Covid-19 coronavirus: trends and insights
17 April 2020 Jane Finlayson-Brown
Allen & Overy’s Data Protection team presented trends and insights in relation to data protection, cybersecurity and Covid-19 coronavirus. This webinar focused on the data protection and cybersecurity challenges faced by organisations, including in relation to: processing data in special situations driven by Covid-19, such as screening employees and monitoring online or other behaviour, including › Read More
How to protect IP as part of a digital transformation strategy
16 April 2020 Nigel Parker
Digitalisation is transforming businesses at an ever-increasing rate. No matter the sector, technologies like cloud computing, the Internet of Things, AI and Blockchain are enabling streamlining of operations, new distribution channels and better customer insights. Digital transformation is also creating new strategic imperatives as “digital natives” take market share from traditional industries. Partners Mark Ridgway › Read More