Data, Privacy & Cyber Bulletin – August 2023 By Hans Allnutt, Patrick Hill, Jade Kowalski We are delighted to welcome you to the August edition of our Data, Privacy & Cyber Bulletin…
First GDPR Appeal to reach Upper Tribunal dismissed: Civil standard of proof applies to ICO monetary penalty notices By Hans Allnutt, A pharmaceutical company Doorstep Dispensaree has failed in its appeal of an ICO Monetary Penalty…
AI investigations and claims gather pace in the United States By Hans Allnutt, Generative AI tools such as ChatGPT have been in the headlines since 2022, with many users…
Data, Privacy & Cyber Bulletin – July 2023 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt, Jade Kowalski We are delighted to welcome you to the July 2023 edition of our Data, Privacy & Cyber Bulletin…
The Austrian Post decision on non-material damage – a decision of clarity or ambiguity? By Hans Allnutt, May 2023 brought the eagerly awaited CJEU's decision in the Austrian Post case (C-300/21) [1] …
Data, Privacy & Cyber Bulletin – June 2023 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt, Jade Kowalski We are delighted to welcome you to the June 2023 edition of our Data, Privacy & Cyber Bulletin…
End of the road for data privacy representative actions? Prismall v Google and DeepMind [2023] By Hans Allnutt, In the recent High Court decision of Andrew Prismall v Google UK Limited and Deepmind Technologies…
Five years of GDPR – standing the test of time? By Hans Allnutt, Jade Kowalski, Stuart Hunt On May 25 th 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation, widely known as GDPR, fundamentally…
Data, Privacy & Cyber Bulletin – May 2023 By Jade Kowalski, Hans Allnutt We are delighted to welcome you to the first edition of our new Data, Privacy & Cyber Bulletin…
Connected products: Publication of draft PSTI regulations raise questions around future European standards By Hans Allnutt, Stuart Hunt The Government has published draft regulations which will bring the UK’s consumer connectable…
Data breach claims and fixed recoverable costs reforms By Hans Allnutt, Stuart Hunt As any insurer or organisation that deals with data breach claims will know, legal costs typically…
AI Friends or Foes? The Privacy Risks for Children with Open AI, ChatGPT and Replika By , Hans Allnutt In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots being advertised as “virtual friends” have…
Cybercriminals vs law enforcement. Who is winning? By Hans Allnutt, The worldwide successes of law enforcement against ransomware groups are increasing, and essential…
Look smart: Preventing cyber security risks in a clean energy future By Hans Allnutt, Stuart Hunt There is arguably no more significant element of a nation’s critical infrastructure than its energy…
Replika, a ‘virtual friendship’ AI chatbot, receives GDPR ban and threatened fine from Italian regulator over child safety concerns By , Hans Allnutt The Italian Regulator (Garante) has recently issued an order banning the Replika app from…
Cyber Newsletter - March 2023 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt Welcome to the March edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin which looks at issues including recent…
Software next on the agenda for UK cyber resilience By Hans Allnutt, Stuart Hunt Following the publication of the National Cyber Strategy in late 2021, the UK government has placed…
Cyber Newsletter - February 2023 By Hans Allnutt, Patrick Hill Welcome to the February edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin, which has an international flavour…
2023: The Cyber & Data Risk Horizon By Hans Allnutt, Stuart Hunt Cyber & Data risks continue to be identified by various organisations as the key concern that…
County Court grapples with low value data breach claims By Hans Allnutt, Avid readers of the trials and tribulations of low value data breach claims being pursued at great…
Cyber newsletter - January 2023 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt Welcome to the first 2023 edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin, in which we look ahead to some of…
Named and Shamed? ICO now publishing names of organisations suffering data breaches By Hans Allnutt, , Amanda Fosu One of the key considerations for any organisation facing a data breach is to avoid publicity…
Cyber Newsletter - December 2022 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt Welcome to the final edition of our Data and Cyber Bulletin in 2022, as we look at key events of…
Cyber Newsletter - November 2022 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt, Jade Kowalski, Charlotte Halford, Christopher Air On 10 November 2022, we held our fifth annual DACB Data Protection & Cyber Conference…
How Secure is Secure? What do recent ICO penalty notices tell us about GDPR security requirements? By Hans Allnutt At our annual Data Protection and Cyber Conference on 10 November 2022, we delved into some of the…
Cyber Newsletter - September 2022 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt Welcome to the September edition of the Data And Cyber Bulletin…
Data And Cyber Bulletin - August 2022 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt Welcome to the August edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin.
A new Task Force report on Confronting Reality in Cyber Space has been published by the Council for Foreign Relations By Hans Allnutt, The Council for Foreign Relations is a US policy think tank founded in 1921…
Data And Cyber Bulletin - July 2022 By Hans Allnutt, Patrick Hill Welcome to the July edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin, with fascinating content covering the…
Failed Delivery Attempt. Please Click Here to Reschedule By Hans Allnutt, Amanda Fosu The rise in the use of online shopping and the importance of quick and reliable shipping during the…
Top themes and takeaways from the 2022 ICO Conference By Jade Kowalski, Charlotte Halford, Christopher Air, Hans Allnutt, , , , , Introduction On 19 th July 2022 the Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO ) held its annual…
Ransoms - to pay or not to pay, that is the question … By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt To take some of the headlines at face value which followed the publication of the ICO and NCSC…
Data And Cyber Bulletin - June 2022 By Hans Allnutt, Patrick Hill Welcome to the June edition of our D ata A nd C yber B ulletin, in which we share insight on…
Smith v TalkTalk Judgment Affirms Warren v DSG By Hans Allnutt, In the recent decision of Smith v TalkTalk Telecom Group Plc [2022] EWHC 1311 (QB), the High Court…
Data And Cyber Bulletin - MAY 2022 By Hans Allnutt, Patrick Hill Welcome to the May edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin.
2022 Cyber Security Breaches Survey vs ICO Incident Data: what can we learn from the statistics? By Hans Allnutt, Alexander Dimitrov On 30 March 2022, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport published its annual Cyber…
Amendments to the Security of Network and Information Systems Regulations By Hans Allnutt, The Security of Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018 (‘the 2018 NISR’) established a…
Data And Cyber Bulletin - April 2022 By Hans Allnutt, Patrick Hill Welcome to the April edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin.
‘Amicable Settlement Guidelines’ to provide consistency in European data breach claims By Hans Allnutt, Amicable settlements within the scope of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“…
Data And Cyber Bulletin - March 2022 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt Welcome to the March edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin.
Data And Cyber Bulletin - February 2022 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt Welcome to February’s edition of the Data and Cyber Bulletin with timely content from Hans Allnutt…
State-led Offensive Cyber Operations Return to the Fore By Hans Allnutt, The shocking events taking place in Ukraine, and increased speculation regarding offensive cyber…
Data And Cyber Bulletin - January 2022 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt We are delighted to share this month’s Data and Cyber Bulletin, with articles covering the recently…
Compensation Claims By Hans Allnutt, Patrick Hill, On 6 December 2021, at our annual Data Protection & Cyber Conference, Hans Allnutt, Patrick…
Data And Cyber Bulletin - December 2021 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt Welcome to the December edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin.
The impact of Google’s £3bn Supreme Court reprieve and other recent data breach decisions on solicitor firms By Catrin Davies, Hans Allnutt, The last month has seen significant decisions in the world of data breaches which will be…
DAC Beachcroft’s Cyber & Data Risk team succeeds in ground-breaking High Court decision, significantly reducing costs in low-value data breach claims By Hans Allnutt, , On 17 November 2021, Master Thornett handed down his Judgment in Johnson v Eastlight Community…
Breaking News: Google’s £3bn Supreme Court Reprieve By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt, Jade Kowalski The Supreme Court has this morning handed down i ts judgment in the matter of Lloyd v Google LLC…
Pure Legal Limited Enters Administration By Hans Allnutt, Patrick Hill, David Williams, Adam Burrell On 2 November 2021, Pure Legal Limited, alongside a number of other companies within the Pure…
Data And Cyber Bulletin - October 2021 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt Welcome to the October edition of our Data and Cyber Bulletin.
Cyber Crime on Your Doorstep – Social Housing Sector Focus By Hans Allnutt Councils and social housing institutions have not been exempt from the rise in cyber attacks over…
Data And Cyber Bulletin - September 2021 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt Welcome to the September edition of our Data and Cyber Bulletin.
Data And Cyber Bulletin - August 2021 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt Welcome to the August edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin.
Education Newsletter - August 2021 By , , Hans Allnutt Welcome to our first Education newsletter featuring topical news and insights for our clients and…
Data And Cyber Bulletin - July 2021 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt Welcome to the July edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin…
Data And Cyber Bulletin - June 2021 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt Welcome to the June edition of our Data and Cyber Bulletin with articles covering cookie…
Data And Cyber Bulletin - May 2021 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt Welcome to the May edition of our Data And Cyber Bulletin…
Responding to a ransomware attack - advice for universities and colleges By Hans Allnutt This article was first published in University Business…
Data And Cyber Bulletin - April 2021 By Patrick Hill, Hans Allnutt We are delighted to welcome you to the first edition of our monthly Data And Cyber Bulletin…
Air accident investigation: extended reach and the Swiss cheese model By Lorraine Wilson, A heads up for aviation insurers…
Morrisons Reigns Supreme By Khurram Shamsee, Hans Allnutt The Supreme Court has today upheld Morrisons’ appeal and ruled that it is not vicariously liable…
Massive failure in Power Grid causes blackout in Argentina and Uruguay, leaving tens of millions of people with no power. By Anthony Menzies, Hans Allnutt, Franc Gozalvez Power has now been restored to much of Argentina and Uruguay following an unexplained failure in…
Cyber and Information Law Newsletter: Issue 1 - Guidance By New ICO guidance on controllers, processors and joint controller – what has changed? The ICO…
Cyber and Information Law Newsletter: Issue 1 - Enforcement By Jade Kowalski French data protection regulator fines Google 50 million euros for GDPR breaches On 21 January…
Cyber and Information Law Newsletter: Issue 1 - General Information By Japan granted an Adequacy Decision On 23 January 2019, the European Commission adopted its…
DAC Beachcroft's EU Breach Notification Heat Map: A divided Europe By Hans Allnutt Leading up to the General Data Protection Regulation’s (GDPR) implementation, one of the most…
Cyber, conflict and cover: time for a re-think? By Hans Allnutt, , , , Cyber warfare is being openly discussed, with both offensive and defensive cyber capabilities…
50 predictions: Cyber and Data Risk By Hans Allnutt, Jade Kowalski Cumulative legal costs in data theft and privacy claims will be a significant exposure for insurers…
Personal Data: the new oil and its toxic legacy under the General Data Protection Regulation By Hans Allnutt, Jade Kowalski The General Data Protection Regulation, which comes into force on 25 May 2018, represents a seminal…
50 predictions: Cyber & Data Risk By Hans Allnutt “Often it does not take a hacker to take down an electronic system… Companies should increase their…
The European General Data Protection Regulation - a guide for businesses outside of the EU By Hans Allnutt, Jade Kowalski The European General Data Protection Regulation - a guide for businesses outside of the EU.
50 Predictions: Cyber & Data Risk By Hans Allnutt "Suffering a data breach is never a good thing but it is nothing compared with the public relations…
In-depth analysis: Automated decision making, connectivity and ethics By Hans Allnutt, Craig Dickson, Jade Kowalski Connectivity has the potential to usher in a whole new era of consumer-insurer relationships, but…
In-depth analysis: Business interruption in the cyber domain By Hans Allnutt, Chris Wilkes With increased dependency on technology, organisations are fast waking up to the threat of cyber…
Accountancy Newsletter July 2016 By Richard Highley, Naomi Park, Suzanne Wharton, Hans Allnutt, Ross Risby DAC Beachcroft's Accountancy newsletter features topical news and insights for our clients and…
WP29 release letter on scope of health data By Hans Allnutt WP29 were asked by the EC to provide clarification on the definition of health data in respect of…
Rising tide of cyber risks could swamp the market By Hans Allnutt, David Bear Growing privacy and cyber liability in the UK will boost the cyber insurance market, but liability…
50 Predictions: Technology, Media & Information Risk By Hans Allnutt Making predictions about the future of the insurance market is not for the faint-hearted…
DAC Beachcroft D&O and FI Newsletter - March 2015 By Hans Allnutt DAC Beachcroft's D&O and FI newsletter features topical issues for our global clients and…
Enforced Subject access requests illegal from 10th March By Hans Allnutt It has been announced that on 10th March 2015 the Data Protection Act 1998 (Commencement No…
Australia: Failure to notify customers of data beach may result in investigation By Hans Allnutt, Jade Kowalski Australian travel insurer, Aussie Travel Cover (ATC) has recently revealed that it was the subject…
Singapore - first annual report of personal data protection commission published By Hans Allnutt Following its establishment in January 2013, the Personal Data Protection Commission in Singapore…