The ICO becomes the Information Commission
The Information Commissioner’s Office is replaced by a board-led Information Commission under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.
Insights for the United Kingdom, including the Crown Dependencies.
The Information Commissioner’s Office is replaced by a board-led Information Commission under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.
The Joint Committee on Human Rights has called for dedicated AI legislation, a new AI regulator, and transparency when AI affects significant decisions.
Section 250 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 extends corporate criminal liability to any offence committed by a senior manager.
The Bill expanding the UK NIS regime has completed its Commons stages and moves to the House of Lords.
The Government will legislate for a statutory defence for legitimate security research under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
Stricter Cyber Essentials requirements apply from today, with MFA failures and unpatched critical vulnerabilities now resulting in automatic failure.
Companies House takes its WebFiling service offline after a flaw let logged-in users view, and potentially change, other companies’ records.
The main UK GDPR, DPA 2018 and PECR changes made by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 take effect today.
Ofcom opens a formal Online Safety Act investigation into X after its Grok AI tool was used to create sexualised images of real people, including children.
The European Commission has renewed its adequacy decisions for the UK, so personal data can continue to flow freely from the EU.
The UK Government has introduced legislation to modernise and expand the NIS Regulations.
The new corporate offence under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 applies to large organisations from today.