Data

World’s best data experts form government council on international data transfers

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/global-data-experts-fire-up-governments-plans-to-promote-free-flow-of-data

Businesses are being urged to plan ahead on how they will manage data breaches when they arise.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/handbook-manage-data-breaches-recommended

A recent decision by an EU watchdog is a reminder to businesses of the need to consider cookies when assessing whether their international transfers of personal data comply with data protection laws, an expert has said.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/cookies-should-form-part-of-data-transfers-due-diligence

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has threatened to fine the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) if it fails to deal with thousands of outstanding subject access requests (SARs).

https://www.legalfutures.co.uk/latest-news/moj-threatened-with-fine-over-huge-data-request-backlog

Some criticisms of the ICO are justified, but the answer to that is not to give Whitehall more oversight over the data protection regulator, argues legal expert Edward Machin

https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/The-ICO-is-right-to-push-back-against-government-meddling

The International Committee of the Red Cross is probing a cyber attack that has already seen the personal data of hundreds of thousands of the world’s most vulnerable people compromised

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252512225/Data-of-515000-vulnerable-people-stolen-in-Red-Cross-attack

Besides multiple disclosed data breaches, department was also affected by two ransomware attacks

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511731/Ministry-of-Justice-caught-up-in-multiple-cyber-incidents

The ICO has published an executive summary of its findings and recommendations following its audit of the NHS Test and Trace programme (NHS T&T) in summer 2021.

https://ico.org.uk/media/action-weve-taken/audits-and-advisory-visits/4019279/executive-summary-of-the-nhs-test-and-trace-audit-report.pdf

John Edwards has been appointed Information Commissioner from 3 January 2022 by Letters Patent.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/john-edwards-is-confirmed-as-the-new-information-commissioner

The growing cyber risk to corporate systems and data is spurring a rise in compensation claims made by, or on behalf of individuals, according to analysis conducted by Pinsent Masons.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/heightened-cyber-risk-data-subject-claims