UK Report July 2022

UK Report - Issue 122

20 July 2022

Overview

Contents

PUBLISHER'S COVER NOTE

COMMENT

• Is the UK still drifting away from the EU?

LEADING STORIES

• Government unveils its plans for the Data Reform Bill
  The DCMS says that the law reform does not significantly differ from the GDPR. As data controllers and the ICO face changes, the question about UK adequacy remains. By Laura Linkomies.
• The ICO’s take on ‘effective, proportionate and dissuasive’ GDPR enforcement action
  The ICO’s draft policy on fines looks to improve transparency and consistency. By Emily Morgan and Alexander Dittel of Wedlake Bell LLP.

NEWS

• Government aims for outcomes based DP compliance
• ICO draft guidance and consultation on health data

ANALYSIS

• Sectoral regulation of Big Tech
• Do under 25s care about privacy?

MANAGEMENT

• How the ICO is responding to technological challenges
• EU Commission provides guidance on how to use SCCs

FOI

• Information Commissioner says FOI ‘a priority’

NEWS IN BRIEF

• ICO revises its policy on fines for the public sector
• Marriott suffers data breach
• ICO to retain monies from fines
• UK accepts Korea as adequate
• Government looks to replace the Human Rights Act 1998
• Government issues Digital Strategy
• No privacy for personal emails sent from shared work accounts
• Online safety bill delayed
• ICO consults on its purpose
• DP and Digital Information Bill introduced in Parliament