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Privacy implications of new COVID-19 pass checks: UK Government and ICO issue important guidance With the Omicron variant leading to rapid increases in COVID-19 infection rates, the Government has in the last few weeks published a sweep of new measures seeking to curb the trend. Perhaps one of the more controversial new rules relates to the mandatory... New UK Cyber Strategy promotes ‘whole-of-society’ approach We’d been promised the UK’s new National Cyber Strategy in Q4 2021 and yesterday (15th December), just before the Christmas break, it arrived. It replaces the current strategy, and follows publication of the Government’s Integrated Review earlier this yea... Key data privacy developments in 2021 and what to expect in 2022 As another eventful year closes, data privacy developments have continued apace and there is more to expect to in 2022. In the UK for example, we await further clarity around the practical implementation of the rules on international transfers. We also lo... Valueclick case: Paris Administrative Court of Appeal finds French permanent establishment In a decision dated 11 December 2020 (Valueclick case), previously covered in this blog, the French Administrative Supreme Court (Conseil d’Etat), set the framework, in the context of the digital economy, for the interpretation of the concept of permanent... Cyber Essentials update for 2022 On 24 January 2022, the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) will introduce the biggest update to Cyber Essentials’ technical controls since its launch in 2014. Cyber Essentials is the simple, government-backed, cyber certification scheme that helps orga... New AI assurance roadmap published – is this the route to safe AI? The UK government’s expert body for AI (the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation or CDEI) has published “the world’s first roadmap to catalyse development of an AI assurance ecyosystem.” The roadmap was identified as a key action in the recent AI strateg... UK Law Commission confirms flexibility of the common law to accommodate smart legal contracts Last week, the UK Law Commission (the "Commission") published its much anticipated advice to the Government on the application of the legal framework in England and Wales to support the use of smart contract technology. While there continue to be some pot... A groundbreaking change for the internet of things? The UK Government has published new “groundbreaking” rules to protect our smart devices from an increased cyber threat, including large fines for non-compliance. From the smart TVs that many of us have in our homes, to egg trays that tell you when your eg... A tale of two fines…lessons from the ICO actions against the Cabinet Office and Clearview AI Uh oh. That field was supposed to be deleted, not just hidden…. It is a very easy mistake to make particularly when a number of people are working in the same spreadsheet, against a deadline and using a new IT system. However, this error happened in relat... Who needs BAFTAs when we have MAP awards? The OECD’s MAP awards for 2020 - not quite the BAFTAs, but (perhaps) still exciting for tax practitioners and authorities – were released alongside the 2020 MAP statistics on the OECD’s third Tax Certainty Day on 22 November 2021. Last year, at the 2019 M...