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ResourcesMarch 31, 2022UK ICO imposes a fine on a corporation that sent thousands of spam digital marketing text messages

H&L Business Consulting was fined 80,000 GBP by the British Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for sending thousands of unsolicited marketing text messages. H&L was discovered to have sent 378,538 spam marketing messages between January and July 2020, resulting in over 300 complaints. The communications offered a “government-backed” debt management organisation that the Financial Conduct Authority...

ResourcesMarch 21, 2022UK’s new cross-border data transfer regime enters into force

Set to replace GDPR’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), the International Data Transfer Agreement and Addendum have come into effect. Pursuant to Brexit, cross border transfer to and fro from UK will now take place through the Agreement or the Addendum. They also take into consideration the binding judgment of the CJEU, i.e. Schrems II. Find...

ResourcesMarch 1, 2022UK ICO guidance on video surveillance

The UK Information Commissioners’ Office (ICO) published a guidance for organizations that capture CCTVs footage. The guidance provides advice for when they operate video surveillance systems that view or record individuals. It also covers information that relates to individuals, for example vehicle registrations captured by Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) equipment. It explores emerging capabilities...

ResourcesFebruary 16, 2022The UK ICO opens a public consultation on the use of data for research purposes

The UK Information Commissioners’ Office (ICO) has opened a public consultation on the draft guidance on the research provisions in the UK GDPR and the DPA 2018. Processing of personal data for research purposes is regulated by data protection laws despite the absence of a specific legislation on this, so the guidance is intended to provide more...

ResourcesFebruary 11, 2022Google third-party cookies to meet UK privacy standards

The UK Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) launched a competition investigation in January 2021, over concerns that Google’s proposals for third-party cookies would cause online advertising spending to become even more concentrated on Google, weakening competition and so harming consumers who ultimately pay for the cost of online advertising. The tech giant has now reviewed...

News ResourcesFebruary 2, 2022UK ICO fines a company for unsolicited marketing calls

The press release of the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) informs that it has fined a Welsh company for making more than half a million unsolicited marketing calls. The ICO underlines that it is against the law to make marketing calls to phone numbers that have been registered with the Telephone Preference Service for more...

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ResourcesMarch 31, 2022UK ICO imposes a fine on a corporation that sent thousands of spam digital marketing text messages

ResourcesMarch 21, 2022UK’s new cross-border data transfer regime enters into force

ResourcesMarch 1, 2022UK ICO guidance on video surveillance

ResourcesFebruary 11, 2022Google third-party cookies to meet UK privacy standards

News ResourcesFebruary 2, 2022UK ICO fines a company for unsolicited marketing calls

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