The Squire Patton Boggs Data Protection & Cyber Security team is pleased to share with you a weekly alert on data privacy issues.

This week’s alert covers news from the UK and EU.

UK

  • ICO Requires Undertaking from Estate Agent to Keep Data Secure
  • Call Centre Raided by ICO Following Allegations of Spam Texts
  • Proposal that Judges Alone Should Determine Some Information Rights Tribunal Cases
  • Bar Council Issues Updated Guidance to its Members About Data Security

EU

  • Justice Commissioner Urges Member States to Forge Ahead with Data Reforms
  • Leading Scientists Warn Data Reforms Could Undermine “Vital Research”