Data

Failure to communicate benefits of data-sharing proposals and privacy concerns are prompting large numbers of people to opt out of a proposed NHS Digital scheme

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252505760/Over-a-million-opt-out-of-NHS-data-sharing

Some pub and restaurant chain apps demand data such as gender and marital status, raising eyebrows among privacy campaigners

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252505576/Pub-apps-harvesting-swathes-of-customer-data-unnecessarily

Multinational businesses will welcome a UK regulator’s move to draft a UK-specific contractual addendum that they will be able bolt on to EU standard contractual clauses (SCCs) concerning the international transfer of personal data, a data protection law expert has said.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/ico-consults-on-new-agreement-for-data-transfers-outside-the-uk-

The radical change caused by the pandemic requires new approaches to data privacy practice, says PA Consulting’s Daniel Gordon

https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Security-Think-Tank-Data-privacy-and-ethics-in-a-post-Covid-world

Securities and Exchange Commission says publisher misled its investors over the extent of a 2018 data breach

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252505411/Educational-publisher-Pearson-fined-for-data-breach-cover-up

Information Commissioner’s Office to consult on its draft international data transfer agreement and guidance, which will replace standard contractual clauses to protect personal data during overseas transfers

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252505230/ICO-consults-on-new-international-data-transfer-agreement

The Information Commissioner is calling for views on data protection and employment practices to help us shape our upcoming guidance products.

https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/ico-and-stakeholder-consultations/ico-call-for-views-on-employment-practices/

A Luxembourg regulator is planning to issue Amazon with a record fine under EU data protection laws, the company has disclosed.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/amazon-faces-record-gdpr-fine

If I were to ask you what your highest value business asset is, other than your staff and colleagues, what would you say? Your offices? Your library? Your computers and furniture?  While those may be important and expensive assets, there is one that is far more vital: your data.

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/associate-news/six-ways-to-protect-your-firm-from-a-data-breach

What are the security issues and challenges presented by vaccine passports, and how should they be designed and used with ethics and privacy in mind?