UK Report January 2021

UK Report - Issue 113

21 January 2021

Overview

Contents

PUBLISHER'S COVER NOTE

• Will the EU assess the UK to be adequate enough?

COMMENT

• AI is a rare Brexit winner 

LEADING STORIES 

• Common sense prevails in post-Brexit data transfers
  The Interim Agreement enables seamless data transfers to the UK while the EU Commission still works on the UK adequacy decisions. By Lucas Atkin of Greenwoods GRM LLP. 
• Five takeaways from the Experian enforcement action
  Ben Sigler and Katie Hewson of Stephenson Harwood LLP look at the details of the ICO’s enforcement notice on Experian, and provide guidance for marketeers. 

NEWS

• Bridging mechanism agreed for EU-UK data transfers
• EU Data Governance Act to enhance data-driven innovation

ANALYSIS

• What next for the UK GDPR?
• The tangled web of social media, networks and research

MANAGEMENT

• Privacy notices in a post-Brexit era
• Book Review: Data Protection Law and Practice
• Leveraging ‘Data Protection Champions’ to meet DP goals

NEWS IN BRIEF

• ​Awards for Bamford and Denham
• Data Sharing Code of Practice
• Prison sentences for breaching the Computer Misuse Act
• Greater transparency about content removal
• ICO and Global Cyber Alliance sign agreement
• ICO signs MoU with the Philippines
• CMA to investigate Google’s ‘Privacy Sandbox’ browser
• No room for AI complacency
• Debate on e-Privacy Regulation continues
• UK government confident about EU ‘adequacy’ for data transfers