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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…

Andrew Southam, Legal Director at leading ad agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty, heads a heavyweight podium on mastering the privacy challenges of behavioural targeting and social media marketing as well as…

Exports of personal data out of the European Economic Area are prima facie illegal, but one exception is for exports to countries whose data protection laws are recognised by the…

For the first time, the UK data protection regulator has exercised its new powers to impose eye watering fines on personal data abusers. The £500,000 “jackpot” has not been “won”…

A German regional personal data regulator has advised data controllers on his patch that if they are looking to export personal data to the US, they cannot simply rely on…