On August 4, 2026, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) updated its guidance on consent to the processing of personal data. This update was made to account for the Court of Appeal’s RTM v.

The UK is seeking to break away from the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into effect in May 2018. Four years later, in May 2022, the UK government proposed a new bill to ...

A new data bill from the U.K. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) aims to revive several measures that failed to pass under the prior government, while rowing back on some ...

What is the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018)? The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) is a legislative framework in the United Kingdom governing the processing of personal data. Enacted in 2018, it ...

Global data privacy regulations are becoming increasingly intricate, presenting challenges for businesses engaging in international trade. In July 2023, the European Commission strengthened the ...

Reform UK wants to abolish the UK GDPR. It would replace the regime with a lighter privacy law modelled on New Zealand’s. Nigel Farage and the party’s economy chief Robert Jenrick announced the pledge ...