20 Jun

UK Report July 2025

Includes:

- Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 becomes law
- Getting it right handling complex DSARs and how AI can help
- UK lessons from an Italian fine
- What will the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill mean for you?
- The M&S cyber attack: Lessons for UK retailers

20/06/2025

5 Jun

International Report June 2025

Includes:

- Appeal Court upholds Belgian DPA decision against Real-Time Bidding
- Malta’s DPA backs EU GDPR record-keeping simplification
- EDPB advises on pseudonymisation
- Africa’s regional privacy culture
- 172 Countries with data privacy laws

05/06/2025

2 May

UK Report May 2025

Includes:

- Cross-border data transfers in turbulent times
- ICO issued just 18 fines in 2024, and mostly under PECR
- EU delays the review of UK adequacy until end of 2025
- Monitoring private comms under the Online Safety Act
- Lessons from UK GDPR Code of Conduct

02/05/2025

1 Apr

International Report April 2025

Incudes:

- Global data privacy laws 2025: 172 countries
- Next chapter on the legal requirements for profiling
- Australia pushes forward with online safety policy
- DPC Ireland’s Des Hogan: We expect more from big tech
- Biometrics at at the crossroads of AI Act and GDPR

01/04/2025

1 Mar

UK Report March 2025

Includes:

- ICO to develop codes of practice on Edtech and automated decision-making and AI
- Why 2025 is the year to refresh your marketing compliance
- Subject access rights: The risks of a ‘too narrow an approach’
- Google’s Privacy Sandbox
- AI deployment & transparency

01/03/2025

4 Feb

International Report February 2025

Includes:

- Non-material damages for data violations in Germany
- France: CNIL sanctions Orange with a hefty fine for ads appearing as emails
- Malaysia, Singapore revise data laws
- Australia limits facial recognition
- Cambodia’s draft data privacy law

04/02/2025

13 Jan

UK Report January 2025

Includes:

- UK & EU – Cookie rules to become the ‘law of everything’?
- ICO consultation on generative AI
- The new UK approach: Making international transfers easier?
- DUA Bill: Spotlight on Automated decision-making
- Privacy by Design through certification and standards

13/01/2025

6 Dec

International Report December 2024

Includes:

- The Digital Markets Act – data portability re-booted?
- Chile enacts new Data Protection Law
- Germany’s new Commissioner, update on laws, and future focus
- G7 DPAs and GPA further develop ‘Data Free Flow with Trust’
- ChatGPT, forget about me

06/12/2024

30 Oct

UK Report November 2024

Includes:

- Are data processors a new priority for the ICO?
- DMCC Act to make consumer protection fit for the digital age
- ICO: ‘We deal with fewer cases, but penalties come more quickly’
- Using personal data in AI projects

30/10/2024