All In A Day's Work: Data Protection In The Workplace (Podcast)

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The UK Information Commissioner's Office has finalized its guidance on storage and access technologies, expanding compliance requirements beyond traditional cookies to include tracking pixels, device fingerprinting, and web storage. Organizations must now navigate stricter consent standards and three new narrow exceptions introduced by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, while facing significantly increased enforcement penalties of up to £17.5 million or 4% of annual worldwide turnover.

The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (the DUAA) officially became law in June 2025, with a phased enforcement model under which different provisions take effect at different times.

In the digital age, data privacy is a critical concern for businesses and individuals alike. A key element of any organisation's data protection strategy is its privacy policy.

From 2 August 2026, the EU AI Act requires businesses to disclose when people are interacting with AI systems, mark synthetic content for detection, label deepfakes, and inform individuals...

On 30 September 2026, the Information Commissioner's Office formally becomes the Information Commission. It is the most significant structural change to the UK's data protection regulator in its history, and yet, many organisations are wondering what practical implications this change will have. Here's what you need to know.

The European Commission has announced that EU AI Act transparency rules take effect August 2, 2026, requiring chatbots to identify themselves, deepfakes to be labeled, and AI-generated content to be marked. Organizations must assess whether their AI systems trigger disclosure, labeling, or content-marking requirements, with limited exceptions and penalties reaching €15 million or 3% of global turnover for noncompliance.

The Information Commissioner's Office has launched a consultation on draft guidance addressing anonymisation and pseudonymisation for research, archiving and statistical purposes. This guidance provides critical insight into how organisations should apply data minimisation principles in modern research practices, including AI development, trusted research environments, and synthetic data generation.

The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has opened a public consultation on draft guidance addressing anonymisation and pseudonymisation techniques for processing personal data in research, archiving, and statistical contexts. The guidance explores critical distinctions between anonymous and pseudonymous data, outlines required safeguards under UK GDPR, and examines emerging technologies including synthetic data and privacy-enhancing tools.

The European Commission has launched a privacy-preserving age-verification app designed to help platforms comply with the Digital Services Act, but Member States are simultaneously implementing divergent national age...

In the digital age, data privacy is a critical concern for businesses and individuals alike. A key element of any organisation's data protection strategy is its privacy policy.

Birmingham City Council has reached an agreement to settle approximately 6,000 equal pay claims filed by both current and former workers over the past four years. The settlement, reached in collaboration with Unison.

When purchasing a property, one of the key documents you'll receive is the Land Registry title plan.

In this month's episode, we will cover an introduction into managing a redundancy process. We will discuss when a redundancy process may be needed and talk through the various steps...

Section 172 (1) Companies Act (CA) is one of the key provisions under UK Corporate Governance.

The newly elected Labour government plans significant changes to Private Wealth and Inheritance, including abolishing non-domicile status, raising Capital Gains Tax, reforming inheritance tax reliefs, and enhancing HMRC's capabilities to tackle tax avoidance.

In the case of Heskett v Secretary of State for Justice, the EAT considered whether the ‘absence of financial means' was sufficient to be considered a "legitimate interest" capable of justifying indirect age discrimination.

In this month's episode, Jo Boxhall and Alex Harper are following the introduction to disability discrimination by doing a deep-dive into the failure to make reasonable adjustments.

In a recent development, the Supreme Court has set out the benchmark in determining the line for trade mark infringement of foreign websites selling to UK customers. In a nutshell, Lifestyle Equities' ("Lifestyle").

In this month's episode, we will cover an introduction into discrimination with a particular focus on race discrimination under the Equality Act.