UK Report March 2023

UK Report - Issue 126

07 March 2023

Overview

Contents

PUBLISHER'S COVER NOTE

• Less Brexit rhetoric and more emphasis on UK-EU cooperation

COMMENT

• The many faces of the Online Safety Bill

LEADING STORIES

• The Experian judgment: Lessons when challenging ICO decisions
  The Tribunal decision on the Experian appeal case has wider implications for the marketing community in the UK. By Richard Cumbley, Ben Packer and Peter Church of Linklaters.
• New law for online safety could be in place by April 2023
  The Online Safety Bill had its second reading at the House of Lords on 1 February. Discussion included age verification, responsibility of social media platforms, and content that is ‘legal but harmful’. By Laura Linkomies.

NEWS

• ChatGPT and large language models are a privacy ticking bomb

ANALYSIS

• Financial sector feels pressure to monitor use of WhatsApp

LEGISLATION

• The UK is influenced by new EU cybersecurity rules

MANAGEMENT

• Workplace monitoring in the UK
• Lidl privacy culture recognised
  

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION

• ICO makes FOI improvements

NEWS IN BRIEF

• UK, US met to discuss tech and data
• ICO consults on impact assessments
• YouTube complaint to test the ICO’s Children’s Code
• ICO on data sharing in research
• Computer Misuse Act consultation
• ICO looks at implications of tech
• FCA: Synthetic data expert group to be formed
• ICO is not obliged to investigate every complaint
• Metaverse study: UK context
• Government considers identity verification legislation
• ICO responds to its call for views on age assurance