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  Zandilli Lucien

Children’s Code compliance called to question by the ICO

Children’s Code compliance was called to question by the ICO after an online child safety charity raised questions about various companies.   The ICO has written to Apple and Google for clarification on their process of determining age ratings for apps available in the App Store and Google Play respectively. Since the introduction of the
noviembre 23, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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  Zandilli Lucien

Facial recognition in UK schools: ICO intends to intervene

Facial recognition in UK schools for collecting meal payments has raised some concerns, over which the ICO intends to intervene.   Nine schools in North Ayrshire are currently using a facial recognition payment system in their canteens. The change happened this month, and schools claim that it helps the lunch line move more quickly, while
octubre 26, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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  Zandilli Lucien

Retrospective facial recognition to be used by the London police

Retrospective facial recognition to be used by London police starting late this year or early next year.     The UK’s Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) has gotten authorization to use retrospective facial recognition technology, and will likely begin buying and using the technology as early as the end of this year. This technology has been
octubre 5, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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  Zandilli Lucien

National AI strategy outlined by the UK

National AI strategy outlined by the UK includes plans for each sector in efforts to create a strong AI ecosystem.    The UK, in acknowledgement of the importance of AI as one of the fastest growing technologies, has outlined a national AI strategy. This integrative strategy is intended to build on the UK’s strength in
septiembre 30, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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  Zandilli Lucien

Post-Brexit UK to overhaul privacy rules

Post-Brexit UK to overhaul privacy rules in an attempt to increase effectiveness while maintaining adequacy with the EU and other nations.  The British government is looking forward to creating new privacy rules based on “common sense, not box-ticking”. The new privacy rules might drift the UK away from the EU data protection regulations, including the
septiembre 9, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Adequacy decisions adopted for EU-UK data transfers

Adequacy decisions adopted by the European Union for the UK regarding data transfers.   The European Commission has recently adopted adequacy decisions for the United Kingdom. Since Brexit there has been some question as to the UK’s adequacy, or rather the level of protection afforded to data transfers between the EU and the UK. With
julio 1, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Telephone marketing rules post-Brexit

Many UK businesses are planning to shift to telephone marketing. In this blog we go through the requirements that should be met in order to do it in compliance with the ePrivacy rules. UK businesses are no longer clearly protected by ePrivacy country of origin rule when marketing directly in EU countries, so many of
febrero 26, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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  Zandilli Lucien

Memorandum of Understanding signed between the ICO and the National Privacy Commission of the Philippines

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the UK’s ICO and the Philippines’ NPC, effective January 12th 2021. The UK’s ICO and the Philippines’ NPC have recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding in a move to strengthen their current relations. Recognizing the nature of this globalized economy, and the fact that they perform similar
enero 20, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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  Zandilli Lucien

UK treaty with EU: This agreement will allow an extended period for personal data flows.

The UK government has recently announced a treaty with the EU, which essentially allows for an extension in the transitionary period, allowing free personal data flows.    Last month, we reported on the impending termination of the transitionary period and the need for UK businesses to ensure compliance to data protection law by December 31st
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ICO urges UK businesses: ensure compliance to data protection law before the end of the UK’s transition.

ICO urges UK businesses to ensure compliance to data protection law before the end of the UK’s transition on December 31st 2020.    December 31st 2020 will officially end the transitionary period for the UK, out of the EU, and the ICO is calling on UK businesses to ensure that if they are impacted by
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