UK Report September 2019

UK Report - Issue 105

20 September 2019

Overview

Contents

PUBLISHER'S COVER NOTE

• “I’ve just seen a face”

COMMENT

• Brexit data protection issues

LEADING STORIES

• AI-powered Onfido one of first selected for the ICO’s Sandbox
  Onfido, an identity verification company, will research how to identify and mitigate algorithmic bias in machine learning models used for remote biometric identification. By Ali Vaziri of Lewis Silkin LLP.
• Smart-home study weighs the privacy risks involved
  Martin Kraemer and William Seymour at the University of Oxford report on an ICO-funded research project investigating how ‘smart’ doesn’t have to mean invasive.

NEWS

• Effective techniques for communicating a privacy policy
• Busy year for the ICO

ANALYSIS

• Finding a legal ground for AI

MANAGEMENT

• Privacy policy reflects Friends of the Earth’s organisational culture
• Data protection risk management
• Subject Access Requests
• The ICO’s cookie guidance
• Book Review: Data Protection Strategy

NEWS IN BRIEF

• Council for Internet Safety
• DP Act immigration exemption in High Court
• DMA gathers views on GDPR and e-Privacy
• Facial recognition scrapped
• Bias in algorithmic decisions
• Responsible Marketing award
• Government smart data initiative
• Changes for privacy and DP claims
• No set age when children understand privacy
• ICO consults on data sharing code

FOI

• Draft Environment Bill would ‘restrict EIR rights’