UK Report January 2023

UK Report - Issue 125

17 January 2023

Overview

Contents

PUBLISHER'S COVER NOTE

• Brexit isolationist rhetoric gradually slipping away

COMMENT

• Spotlight on Artificial Intelligence

LEADING STORIES

• Identical BCR mechanisms sought in the UK and EU
  A PL&B and Hogan Lovells Workshop identified differences between the current EU Binding Corporate Rules and the ICO’s new UK approach. By Laura Linkomies.
• Ghost in the machine: Guidance on using AI recruitment systems
  Edward Machin of Ropes & Gray assesses how the Information Commissioner’s guidance on artificial intelligence and data protection applies to organisations’ recruitment practices.

NEWS

• UK AI developments

ANALYSIS

• A practical approach: ICO guidance on Transfer Risk Assessments
• The year in UK GDPR regulatory enforcement action

MANAGEMENT

• The DPO 2025
• ICO issues new guidance on direct marketing by electronic mail

NEWS IN BRIEF

• UK and Dubai stress cooperation on transfers
• ICO opinion on South Korea’s adequacy
• ICO and Ofcom strengthen cooperation
• Online Safety Bill returns to Parliament
• ICO issues details of cases that have not led to a fine
• DCMS issues voluntary code for app developers
• Call for PM to retain the Human Rights Act
• Malta and Gibraltar sign MoU
• Companies should stop using deceptive design