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Welcome to the Commercial and Technology Legal Update for July 2025. This update features key legal updates and insights from our...

On 19 June 2025, the Data (Use and Access) Bill received Royal Assent having passed through both Houses of Parliament on 11 June 2025....

Yet another cautionary tale has emerged of AI misuse in legal proceedings. The potential of generative AI tools in litigation is widely...

In this briefing we discuss key changes contained in the Data Use and Access Bill (the Bill) that are likely to be made to UK data...

Special category data encompasses certain types of more sensitive personal data and gives this greater protection under the UK General...

The first data protection principle under the UK GDPR is that there must be a valid lawful basis for any processing of individuals’ (data...

Two of the key concepts within the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) are the roles of controllers, on the one hand, and...

Businesses involved in the manufacturing, importing and/or distributing of “connectable products” will now need to comply with the...

We are all well aware of the importance of good cyber security practices in our day-to-day lives, but it is sometimes easy to assume that...

The diversity and increase in use of technology has given rise to an increase in digital, data, cybersecurity and IT laws or regulations...

Personal data enjoys specific legal protection because by definition it identifies an individual. Pseudonymisation of personal data...

Many businesses that are subject to the UK GDPR will transfer personal data internationally. This may be because it is payroll data being...