UK Report September 2021

UK Report - Issue 117

16 September 2021

Overview

Contents

PUBLISHER'S COVER NOTE

• From Elizabeth Denham to John Edwards as the UK’s Information Commissioner

COMMENT

• New Information Commissioner, new era?

LEADING STORIES

• ‘User-friendly’ is the name of the game in ICO’s draft international data transfer agreement
  EU SCCs can still be used with a UK Addendum for transfers that could be subject to the UK GDPR, the EU GDPR, or both. By Emma Erskine-Fox of TLT LLP
• BA settles – a trend for future group litigation cases?
  In July, British Airways accepted a settlement with claimants following its 2018 data breach. Laura Linkomies talked to law firm PGMBM which led the group litigation

NEWS

• UK starts work on adequacy
• John Edwards appointed as next Information Commissioner
• First certification scheme criteria

ANALYSIS

• DCMS plan for digital regulation
• Monitoring equality, diversity and inclusion in the workplace
• Pharmacy fine reduced to £92,000
  

MANAGEMENT

• Regulatory sandboxes and AI

NEWS IN BRIEF

• UK seeks to join CPTTP trade pact
• Dubai announces adequacy assessment by the UK
• ICO seeks input on its employment code
• Human Rights Act review: No case for amendment
• techUK and CIPL on EU AI Act
• Public sector direct marketing
• Guernsey adopts EU SCCs
• ICO urges G7 countries to tackle cookie pop-ups
• DP reform consultation launches
• UK works with G7 countries on data sharing
• Committee seeks views on Online Safety Bill