UK Report May 2022

UK Report - Issue 121

09 May 2022

UK Report May 2022

Overview

Contents

PUBLISHER'S COVER NOTE

• The UK’s accelerating international engagement

COMMENT

• Information Commissioner keen to bring certainty

LEADING STORIES

• DPO conflicts – navigating the minefield with care
  Whether your DPO is full-time in-house, external or also fulfils other roles, the appointee will have to find a way to navigate through a myriad of potential conflict of interest situations. By Alison Deighton and Samantha Jaggers of HelloDPO Ltd.
• Consents, records and disguises: Lessons from ICO direct marketing enforcement
  Rebecca Cousin, Cindy Knott and Alex Buchanan of Slaughter and May explain what organisations should be aware of.

NEWS

• UK Children’s Code creates waves
• ICO aims to bring certainty to business in an uncertain world
• The scope for transitioning from an EU to a UK Code of Conduct
• GDPR hearing: Enforcement and One-Stop-Shop need improving

ANALYSIS

• EDPB data transfer toolbox
• Google Analytics: What is next?
• Walking the line: Conflicting US disclosure requirements and European privacy rules

MANAGEMENT

• DPOs in mergers and acquisitions

NEWS IN BRIEF

• ICO audit on Home Office
• ICO announces a three-year plan
• High Court allows TikTok case
• ICO responds to an open letter from openDemocracy
• Principles for UK data governance
• Experian appeals ICO enforcement
• Online Safety Bill amended
• Younger people less concerned about privacy
• Fellowships on AI
• Jersey gathers views on DP
• Ada Lovelace Institute: Vital that EU gets AI right