In line with the government’s commitments in its 2022 National Cyber Strategy, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) launched a consultation on 19 January 2022 outlining its proposals for new measures to strengthen the cyber security of businesses in the UK.

The UK government acknowledges that a new legal framework needs

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have issued their response to the UK Government’s Consultation proposing reforms to the UK’s Data Protection regime. While the ICO maintains that it supports the UK Government’s review of the country’s data protection rules and the purpose behind that review, it raises many concerns about the proposals put forward by

On 10 September 2021, the UK Government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) launched a consultation outlining its proposals to extensively reform the UK’s data protection and privacy regime, following its departure from the European Union (“EU”).

The new data protection rules proposed for the UK would see the country deviate