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For the first time, the UK data protection watchdog has published guidance on deleting personal information. Archiving data and putting it beyond use are also covered, as well as how…

With online data privacy an increasing concern and privacy policies showing no signs of shortening, consumers may increasingly take quick comfort from readily recognisable “seals”. Sue Gold reports on recent…

On 19 September 2012 Andrew Southam, Legal Director at leading ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty, heads a heavyweight podium looking at mastering the privacy challenges of Big Data marketing, behavioural…

In possibly a world first, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office is seeking feedback on a proposed “Data Anonymisation Code of Practice.” But just how anonymous is de-identified data and when…

With a national smart meter implementation programme moving ever closer to reality, the Department for Energy & Climate Change is consulting on a proposed framework for smart metering data access…

The Ministry of Justice has opened a consultation seeking views on the recently published EU draft Data Protection Regulation. The UK’s Direct Marketing Association, Europe’s largest trade body representing the…

As already reported on marketinglaw. Brussels is planning a radical overhaul of EU data privacy laws and has published a proposed Regulation. The UK’s data protection watchdog, the Information Commissioner’s…

The EC data protection directive is nearly 16 years old and in dire need of reform. Brussels has been on the case for a while, but the precise nature of…

ICO has issued its most recent annual report which looks at ICO’s activities over the last year in terms of its audit and prosecution activities and its flexing of its…