With only 13% of the UK’s total land area covered in trees, campaigners are arguing that the low level is causing economic and environmental damage to the country. The Conservative party agreed to plant numerous trees in the recent election.…
Guidelines on profiling and breach reporting have been published by the Article 29 Working Party; the EU data protection authorities who are tasked with reaching agreement on GDPR across the EU. Strategies on administrative penalties that were implemented earlier this month are due…
In January 2018, you’ll no longer have to pay any extra charges added for paying with your debit or credit card, because the government is stopping businesses from adding surcharges. A surcharge is an additional fee or payment. The change…
Link: The Communications Act 2003 and the Digital Economy Act 2017 (Consequential Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Regulations 2017 Source: Legislation .gov.uk Source: PUBLISH TO RB LEGAL
A Bill to amend the definition of worker; to make provision about workers’ rights; and for connected purposes. Link: Workers (Definition and Rights) Source: Public Bills Source: PUBLISH TO RB LEGAL
a bill to Make provision enabling sanctions to be imposed where appropriate for the purposes of compliance with United Nations obligations or other international obligations or for the purposes of furthering the prevention of terrorism or for the purposes of…
These Regulations are the second commencement regulations made under the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c.22) (“the Act”), which amends the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29) (“POCA”) and the Terrorism Act 2000 (c.11) (“TACT”). Link: The Criminal Finances Act…
A Bill to repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and make other provision in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU. Link: European Union (Withdrawal) Source: Public Bills The post European Union (Withdrawal) appeared first on…
A Bill to make provision for the regulation of the processing of information relating to individuals; to make provision in connection with the Information Commissioner’s functions under certain regulations relating to information; to make provision for a direct marketing code…
The ICO has published a blog post to ‘clarify how the fees that data controllers have to pay to the ICO are changing’; however the post provided no actual figures for the new fees. Currently organisations who process personal data…