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Employers are increasingly reliant on technology to assist with all kinds of functions – from strengthening security to streamlining recruitment processes. But there are other legal risks that may be relevant but less obvious.

Subject Access Requests (SARs) are on the rise as more and more data is collected for social, personal and work purposes. In particular, we have noticed a significant increase within the context of employment and/or workplace disputes.

Many organisations have been struggling with a GDPR grey area since the Schrems II litigation.

The EU has finally adopted the UK adequacy decision. In addition, British Airways settles its data breach case, and the ICO has fined a charity for poor policies and inadequate training.  

In this month’s Data Protection Round-Up: key takeaways from the ICO Data Protection Practitioners Conference, guidance on anonymisation, and a government response to new cyber security legislation.

In this month’s Data Protection Round-Up: a lack of awareness for the Children’s Code, new ICO guidance is in the offing and the Government’s Digital Markets Unit takes shape. 

With the understandable focus on measures to ease lockdown, keeping up with data protection announcements is unlikely to be at the forefront of everyone’s minds. 

The WhatsApp privacy confusion – what is actually going on and should you continue to use the app?

In light of the new social media guidance the BBC imposed on its own employees, employers should be carefully considering whether or not their own social media policy sufficiently protects their interests.

Following extensive consultation that began in December 2019, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has finally published their updated guidance on the Right of Access, namely the ability for an individual to submit a Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) to a processor of their personal data.