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What does Information Commissioner mean?

The Information commissioner’s Office (ico) is UK's regulator for data protection, and regulates freedom of information and environmental matters, except in Scotland, which has its own freedom of information commissioner. It maintains a register of data controllers.

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Cyber security for financial services firms—regulatory and industry initiatives—timeline

Cyber security for financial services firms—regulatory and industry initiatives—timeline Cybersecurity is the infrastructure of technologies, processes and practices used to protect networks, data and technology from unauthorised access. Cybersecurity measures adopted by organisations need to guard against breaches motivated by malicious intent (whether that is financial crime, cyber terrorism, industrial espionage, hacktivism or state-sponsored attacks), or through unfortunate incidents. The ability of malicious third parties to successfully penetrate and damage an organisation is growing. This means that the security of a financial services firm’s network and the safety of its data is increasingly important, and cyber security is the focus of a number of regulatory and industry initiatives. Key dates and publications—2024 Date Description 7 November 2024 ABI and Lloyd’s of London published Components of a major cyber event: a (re)insurance approach, a guide for (re)insurers on how to approach defining a major cyber event. 31 October 2024 The FCA published a webpage containing its insights, observations and key lessons from how firms responded to the CrowdStrike outage and...

Powers of public authorities under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016—checklist

Powers of public authorities under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016—checklist STOP PRESS: The Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 (IP(A)A 2024) received Royal Assent on 25 April 2024. The Act is the first major amendment of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 since it was enacted and seeks to expand the surveillance powers of the UK’s police, intelligence services and government. The Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 (Commencement No 1 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2024, SI 2024/1021 brings certain provisions of the IP(A)A 2024 into force on 14 October 2024. This Checklist is in the process of being updated to reflect the changes. The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA 2016) overhauls the legal framework governing the use of covert surveillance by public bodies, a framework which is largely, but not exclusively, set out by the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA 2000). This Checklist sets out the public authorities which have the power to apply for an authorisation to obtain communications data under IPA 2016, Pt 3. Authorisations to obtain communications data...

Coronavirus (COVID-19) news & analysis—March and April 2023 [Archived]

Coronavirus (COVID-19) news & analysis—March and April 2023 [Archived] ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. This table contains an archive of news and analysis on coronavirus (COVID-19) and coronavirus developments that has been published within various Lexis®PSL Practice Areas in March and April 2023. 24–30 April 2023 Date News Analysis Brief description of the News Analysis 27 April 2023 World Challenge tells £10m COVID-19 loss trial Zurich changed policy Law360, London: Counsel for a student travel company seeking £10.5m in unpaid claims for cancelled holidays argued on 26 April 2023 that its insurer Zurich secretly changed its policy at the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, on the first day of a London trial. 27 April 2023 IfG report on Treasury’s involvement during the pandemic LNB News 27/04/2023 54 The Institute for Government (IfG) has published a comment accompanying a report by the IFG's Chief Economist, Gemma Tetlow and Senior Economist, Olly Bartrum, discussing lessons learnt from the Treasury’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The report examines...

UK GDPR for insolvency practitioners and those advising them—checklist

UK GDPR for insolvency practitioners and those advising them—checklist The general (ie not specifically related to specialist areas like law enforcement) data protection laws applicable to the UK are: • Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2016/679, UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) which is a version of the Regulation (EU) 2016/679, EU General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR) as incorporated into UK law following Brexit, and • the parts of the Data Protection Act 2018 that relate to general personal data processing, powers of the Information Commissioner and sanctions and enforcement For further reading, see Practice Note: The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR). UK GDPR The UK GDPR imposes obligations on all those who process personal data—both data controllers and data processors. An Insolvency Practitioner (IP) may be both. They will have obligations both by virtue of their appointments and their role in an organisation. In relation to the former, they will process data controlled by the insolvent entity or person and data they collect during their appointment. For...

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Step-in rights and SRA compliance clauses: law firm outsourcing agreement

1 Definitions for Step-in rights and SRA compliance clauses: law firm outsourcing agreement Applicable Laws means: (a) the laws of England and Wales [and [insert other specific applicable laws, eg of other jurisdictions where the Services will be performed]]; (b) any other laws or regulations; (c) any industry codes, policies or guidelines issued by a Regulator as notified to Supplier by Customer from time to time in each case, as these are applicable to the performance of the Services; Confidential Information ...

Freedom of information—letter informing an applicant that requested information is being withheld under a qualified exemption [Archived]

Freedom of information—letter informing an applicant that requested information is being withheld under a qualified exemption [Archived] ARCHIVED: This Precedent has been archived and is not maintained. [Name] [Address] Ref No: [number] [Date] Dear [applicant's name] Thank you for your [letter OR email OR fax] of [date of letter/email/fax from applicant] requesting information about [insert details]. I can confirm that the department holds this information. This information is exempt under section[s ][section number(s)] of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and is therefore being withheld. [You should explain why the requested information falls into the terms of the qualified exemption and why the balance of the public interest test determines that the information is exempt from release.] Having considered the public interest, the Department’s decision is therefore to withhold the information. If you are dissatisfied with the handling of

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Can an insurer refuse to provide internal correspondence and case notes relating to an insurance claim where a subject access request (SAR) is made under the UK GDPR for such information?

Can an insurer refuse to provide internal correspondence and case notes relating to an insurance claim where a subject access request (SAR) is made under the UK GDPR for such information? This Q&A assumes that the organisation that has received the SAR is a ‘controller’ of the relevant data. For an introduction to the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, Retained Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (UK GDPR) regime, including key data protection terms and concepts, such as ‘personal data’, 'processing', 'data subject' and ‘controller’, see: Data protection toolkit. As further explained in Practice Notes: The UK GDPR and DPA 2018 for insurers and Data subject rights—access, Article 15 of the UK GDPR gives individuals a right to obtain confirmation from a data controller as to whether or not personal data concerning them is being processed, and where it is, access to the personal data and certain further information. A request for such information is commonly known as a ‘subject access request’ (or a 'SAR' or 'DSAR'). In order to assist...

Are there any current plans for the Secretary of State to exercise the new power to make regulations requiring data controllers to pay charges? If so, when are these new regulations set to come into force and how much are the new fees estimated to be?

Are there any current plans for the Secretary of State to exercise the new power to make regulations requiring data controllers to pay charges? If so, when are these new regulations set to come into force and how much are the new fees estimated to be? We have focused on sections 108–110 of the Digital Economy Act 2017 (DEA 2017) and sections 132–133 of the draft: Data Protection Bill 2017 (DPB 2017) for the purposes of this Q&A. Part III of the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998) requires data controllers who process personal data to register their processing with the Information Commissioner for the purposes of the register maintained by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Data controllers wishing to register are required to pay a fee. For more information, see Data Protection (Notification and Notification Fees) Regulations 2000, SI 2000/188 and guidance from the Information Commissioner. Forthcoming changes From 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) will be directly applicable and...

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Public Law weekly highlights—12 December 2024

This week's edition of Public Law weekly highlights includes coverage of the Northern Ireland Assembly's historic vote to give democratic consent to the continued application of articles 5 to 10 of the Windsor Framework for the next four years, and the Cabinet Office’s new and updated guidance for the Procurement Act 2023. Additionally, these highlights cover the recruitment exercise for the UK judge on the European Court of Human Rights, a speech on judicial review by Mr Justice Fordham, and the DBT’s subsidy control assessment guides for public authorities. This edition further includes Brexit hightlights, Brexit SIs, Post-Brexit transition guidance, Constitutional and administrative law, Equality and human rights, Information law and Other Public law news.

Information Law weekly highlights—12 December 2024

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Information Law weekly highlights: a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content related to laws governing the use and dissemination of information and personal data. Each week these highlights focus on developments in key topics such as data protection, ePrivacy, cybersecurity, breach of confidence, misuse of private information, and defamation.

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