Personal data transfers between the EU and the US are made possible by the EU-US Data Privacy Framework (EU-US DPF), under ...

In order to address the fraught issue of the costs of the broken asylum process, the Home Office proposes at least some of ...

Peter Sommer combines academic and public policy work with commercial cyber security consultancy, with a strong bias towards legal issues. His first degree is in law, from Oxford University. He has ...

Andy Burnham’s likely succession to lead the current Labour government gives him the chance to reset digital policy.

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Open Rights Group has warned that Online Safety Bill, which has been passed in parliament, will make us less secure by threatening our privacy and undermining our freedom of expression. This includes ...

Open letter to the UK government from over 80 national and international civil society organisations, academics and cyberexperts raising concerns about the serious threat to the security of private ...

26 civil society organisations have written to the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Michelle Donelan MP, calling for the Data Protection and Digital Information (DPDI) Bill ...

The Home Office’s failure to inform asylum applicants that AI tools are being used in their assessments is likely to be unlawful, according to a legal opinion, published today. It finds that the Home ...

A new report exposes failures by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in protecting the public privacy and data rights during the Covid-19 pandemic. The report analyses use of data in three key ...

A little bombshell, hidden deep within the gargantuan piece of legislation that is the Online Safety Bill, could have the effect of suppressing public debate around immigration. The phrase is ...

Civil liberties groups have warned that the Online Safety Bill will fundamentally undermine human rights in the UK. In a letter to the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression, the organisations ...