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Handley Gill Limited
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Legal, Regulatory & Compliance consultants based in London, UK, with expertise in Data Protection, Information Rights, Online Safety, AI, ESG, Content Regulation & Reputation Management.
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Outsourcer Capita found by @infocommission.bsky.social to be negligent in data security compliance & fined £14m in negotiated settlement. We read the 136 page monetary penalty notice & identify what happened, what the ICO concluded & the lessons to be drawn www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill...
An ounce of prevention — Handley Gill
Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants analyse the Information Commissioner’s £14m monetary penalty notice against Capita for infringements of the UK GDPR over the 2023 cyber attack & p...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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The Upper Tribunal’s reversal of the interpretation of the rules on when foreign entities & their processing activities will fall within the territorial & material scope of the GDPR & UK GDPR, & what constitutes behavioural monitoring, has implications for AI developers.
October 14, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Changes to the regulation of adtech & online advertising technologies are afoot.Are you ready to take advantage?Find out about the changes to PECR brought about by the Data (Use & Access) Act 2025 & @infocommission.bsky.social’s new enforcement approach: www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill...
October 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Thanks to journalist Christopher Elliott for quoting us in his recent article for @usatoday.com on the use of AI against consumers in the travel industry, what responsible AI deployment requires and how consumers can fight back: eu.usatoday.com/story/travel... #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Travel
AI is quietly raising your travel costs, here's how you fight back
AI is creeping into travel with car scanners, hotel sensors, and airfare algorithms that can quietly add hundreds to your bill.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Thanks to journalist John Edwards for quoting us his article for Information Week on data breach communications over the summer.

‘How to Rebuild Partner Trust After a Data Breach’, John Edwards, Information Week: www.informationweek.com/cyber-resili... #CyberAttack #DataBreach
How to Rebuild Partner Trust After a Data Breach
A data breach is every CISO's worst nightmare. Once the leak has been fixed, restoring partner trust should be near the top of the recovery agenda.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Further commencement regulations have been issued under the Data (Use & Access) Act 2025, bringing into force provision affecting online services providers and competent authorities undertaking law enforcement processing www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill... #DataProtection #DUAA2025 #UKGDPR
T-Minus — Handley Gill
Handley Gill highlights the provisions of the Data (Use & Access) Act 2025 to be brought into force by The Data (Use & Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2025 & The Data (Use & Access) ...
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September 23, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Data controllers face more low value data protection claims harder to fend off at an early stage after Court of Appeal judgment in Equiniti [2025] EWCA Civ 1117 that there is no threshold of seriousness in claims under the GDPR & Data Protection Act 2018 www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill...
Re-writing the Recipe — Handley Gill
In Farley & others v Paymaster (1836) Limited (t/a Equiniti) [2025] EWCA Civ 1117, the Court of Appeal remixed the necessary ingredients of a data protection claim under the GDPR & Data Protection Act...
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September 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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The Data (Use & Access) Act 2025 is now law. We highlight key data protection provisions to be aware of and identify those coming into force with immediate effect or in the near future: www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill... #DataProtection #UKGDPR #DPA2018 #PECR
Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 — Handley Gill
Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants highlight 25 key data protection provisions to be aware of in the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, which received Royal Assent on 19 June 2025, and...
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June 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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AllianzGI will defy Google parent co Alphabet’s board to vote for shareholder ESG proposals.What can we learn from recent and forthcoming #BigTech AGMs about shareholder activism & investment stewardship on online safety, human rights, data privacy & environment www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill...
ABC Activism — Handley Gill
Handley Gill’s specialist human rights and ESG consultants analyse recent and forthcoming Big Tech AGM shareholder proposals and consider their implications for investing and active stewardship, Big T...
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June 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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With online services facing an imminent deadline to complete Online Safety Act 2023 children’s access assessments to determine if they are likely to be accessed by children, we consider who, when, how & what’s next for @ofcom.bsky.social’s implementation? www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill...
April 15, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Last week, @5rightsfound.bsky.social published its Children & AI Design Code. We identify the children’s rights under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child most relevant to AI systems, their enforceability & summarise the Code & analyse its status www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill... #AI
Poster Child — Handley Gill
Handley Gill’s AI governance consultants identify the children’s rights under the UNCRC most relevant to the development and deployment of AI systems, and consider their enforceability in the context ...
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March 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Enjoying today’s @reutersinstitute.bsky.social & @ox.ac.uk conference on AI & The Future of News 2025, & looking forward to this afternoon’s session with @nytimes.com, @financialtimes.com & BBC on how their newsrooms are using #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Journalism #News #AIInnovation #FutureOfNews
March 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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As ICO announced investigations into the processing of children’s personal data by TikTok, Reddit & @imgur.com, what progress has been made on enforcement of its Age Appropriate Design Code & as the Online Safety Act 2023 takes effect, what does the future hold? www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill...
Child Development — Handley Gill
Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants summarise and comment on the efficacy of the Information Commissioner’s strategy to enforce its Age Appropriate Design Code aka the Children’s Cod...
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March 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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European Commission proposes 6 month extension to UK adequacy status to 27.12.2025.
ec.europa.eu/commission/p... @ec.europa.eu #GDPR #Article45GDPR #DataTransfers #AdequacyDecision #UKAdequacy #DataProtection #DUABill
March 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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During y’day’s AI Standards Hub Global Summit, the @councilofeu.bsky.social Framework Convention on AI & HUDERIA methodology to assess the impact of AI systems on human rights, democracy & the rule of law arose. Read our blog analysing the AI Treaty & HUDERIA: www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill...
Frame by Frame — Handley Gill
Handley Gill’s artificial intelligence (AI) governance consultants analyse the requirements of the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence (AI) & its HUDERIA methodology fo...
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March 18, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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We’re excited to be participating in the AI Standards Hub Global Summit on the theme ‘Advancing AI governance through standards’ running today & tomorrow. If you’re participating too, let’s connect. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIRegulation #AIGovernance #AIStandards #AIStandardsSummit #AIEthics
March 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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It’s Public Sector AI Week so we’ve posted on the interaction between Public Law obligations, Judicial Review challenges & the use of AI in policy making & decision making, identifying measures public authorities can take to minimise risk of successful challenge www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill...
Public F(AI)rness — Handley Gill
To coincide with Public Sector AI Week 2025, Handley Gill’s specialist AI governance consultants consider how public law obligations apply to public authorities and other bodies carrying out public fu...
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March 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Baroness Bertin’s Independent Pornography Review Report has implications not just for platforms, but consumers, producers, performers/creators, service providers, advertisers, AI developers & regulators, raising issues of online safety, data protection, IP & ESG www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill...
Choking off harmful online pornographic content — Handley Gill
Handley Gill’s specialist content moderation, online safety and responsible AI consultants consider the report of the Independent Pornography Review carried out by Baroness Bertin, which has implicati...
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March 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Y’day Lord Holmes re-introduced his Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill in the House of Lords, so were re-upping our blog about what is & isn’t in the Bill, the impact it would have on the development & use of AI &, how it might be strengthened: www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill... #AI
The Bill with the Holes? — Handley Gill
Handley Gill’s consultants consider the new Artificial Intelligence (Regulation) Bill, which would establish the AI Authority, impose a requirement to make regulations on AI Responsible Officers (AIRO...
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March 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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When, to coin the Little Britain phrase, the “computer says no”, what information are individuals entitled to know? Read our blog on today’s Dun & Bradstreet ruling on the obligation to provide meaningful information about automated decision-making
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February 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Thanks to TechRound for including our data protection expert commentary in their piece on the #DataProtection & #CyberSecurity implications of Apple’s withdrawal of its Advanced Data Protection service in the U.K. #ADP #Encryption techround.co.uk/cybersecurit...
Experts Comment: What Does Apple's New Data Protection Laws Mean For UK Consumers? - TechRound
Last week, Apple announced that it withdrew Advanced Data Protection from its UK users. What does this mean for UK consumers?
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February 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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We’ve submitted our response to the U.K. IP Office proposals to give away the copyright of UK creators to US Big Tech, and instead call on the government to establish and encourage - including through subsidy - appropriate licensing regimes www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill...
February 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Exciting news! We’ve been shortlisted for the 2025 Cybersecurity & Resilience Awards for our campaign to get company directors & charity trustees to address #CyberSecurity & #BusinessResilience, securing recognition for this in the IoD Code of Conduct for Directors! #BAUK #BusinessAwards
February 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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As @thetimes.com reports insolvencies hit a 5 year high in January and retail, leisure & hospitality are expected to be most impacted, what opportunities does their valuable customer data offer to administrators & potential asset purchasers? www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill...
Every little bit of data helps? — Handley Gill
While the sale of marketing lists is generally prohibited, as retail insolvencies increase Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants analyse the Information Commissioner’s approach to the ...
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February 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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The annual data protection fee payable to the Information Commissioner has increased by an average of almost 30%. Will controllers and the public see the benefit of these fees? Read our blog: www.handleygill.co.uk/handley-gill... #DataProtection #UKGDPR #DPA2018
More for less? — Handley Gill
Handley Gill’s specialist data protection consultants highlight the increase by an average of 29.9% in the data protection fee payable to the Information Commissioner with effect from 17 February 2025...
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February 19, 2025 at 8:27 PM