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UK Publishes Software Security Code

May 15, 2025 By Hanna Hewitt and Kelly Hagedorn

Cyber security supply chain risks are growing, and attacks on vendors and other third parties cause severe disruption to businesses. For example, in recent years we have seen many incidents that have involved threat actors compromising third-party software used by a significant number of customers. With that background, on May 7, 2025, the National Cyber […]

Filed Under: Cybersecurity, Data Security, International, Supply Chain, UK, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cyber resilience, Supply Chain, UK

UK Unveils Post-Brexit Data Plans with an Emphasis on International Transfers of Personal Data

August 26, 2021 By Paul Greaves

Today, the UK Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (“DCMS”) has made a series of announcements shedding light on the UK’s post-Brexit data strategy. The announcements – which emphasize the importance of international transfers of personal data to global trade – include as follows: A Press Release, providing an overview of the UK government’s […]

Filed Under: Data Protection, GDPR, International, Privacy Tagged With: EU Data Protection, International Data Transfers, UK, UK data protection

UK ICO publishes the final version of its Age Appropriate Design Code

February 6, 2020 By Paul Greaves and Wim Nauwelaerts

On January 21, 2020, the UK ICO published the final version of its Age Appropriate Design Code (the “Design Code”), which sets out 15 standards that online services should meet to protect children’s privacy. The Design Code is not only applicable to online services squarely aimed at children, but also covers online services likely to […]

Filed Under: Behavioral Advertising, Children's Privacy, Data Protection, ePrivacy, GDPR, Online Privacy Tagged With: Behavioral Tracking, Big Data, Children, EU Data Protection, EU Privacy, GDPR, ICO, Social Media, UK

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