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Personal data is any information that can be used to identify an employee. This can include for example their name, address, ethnicity, financial details, or health records.

The popular social networking app TikTok, which allows users to record and share short videos, was fined £12.7 million on 4 April 2023 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for breaching data protection laws.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a new technology and its laws and regulations, as well as guidance released on good practices in this area, are quickly developing.

The Law Society states that ‘artificial intelligence’ (AI) involves computer systems which can replicate human cognitive functions, and that it includes algorithms detecting patterns in data, as well as applying these to automate certain tasks.

As we enter the week of Valentine’s Day, it is important to recognise the significance of data security, particularly where we have seen the number of cybersecurity breaches increase over the last few months.

In recent years, there has been a very significant movement from office-based to remote working, driven initially by the increasing attraction as an employee retention tool of flexible working and, of course, accelerated in a truly unforeseeable way by the COVID-19 pandemic.

There have been many factors at play which have shaped this year’s developments in data protection, in particular stemming from Brexit, Covid-19 pandemic, inflation and the war in Ukraine. We review the key developments of 2022 and what you should look out for in the New Year.

We recently acted for the UK arm of a multi-national company in connection with the transfer of personal data to an HR services-provider based in the United States.

This week the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) handed Interserve a £4.4 million fine for failing to put appropriate measures in place to prevent unauthorised access of private data.

The European Data Protection Board has opened a public consultation in relation to one of its guidelines on personal data breach notification under the GDPR.