Elizabeth Denham’s speech at the Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference on 8 April 2019.
Link: Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference 2019
Source: ICO .org.uk
Press release: Courts shut down renewable energy investment company
Darlington company that sold investment opportunities in renewable energy plants has been shut down after it failed to pay back millions of investors’ funds.
Link: Press release: Courts shut down renewable energy investment company
Source: Gov Press Releases
Press release: UK to introduce world first online safety laws
The Government today unveiled tough new measures to ensure the UK is the safest place in the world to be online.
Link: Press release: UK to introduce world first online safety laws
Source: Gov Press Releases
Press release: Stargazing technology used to spot cancer
Cancer could be detected in patients far earlier by using the same technology used to observe stars millions of miles away.
Link: Press release: Stargazing technology used to spot cancer
Source: Gov Press Releases
Press release: New laws give 300,000 workers a payslip for the first time
Almost 300,000 workers who previously did not receive a payslip will now do so starting from this week, including those on casual and zero-hours contracts.
Link: Press release: New laws give 300,000 workers a payslip for the first time
Source: Gov Press Releases
Press release: Private sector employers report second year of gender pay gap data
More than 8,000 private sector employers published their gender pay gap data by the reporting deadline last night (12am – Thursday 4 April).
Link: Press release: Private sector employers report second year of gender pay gap data
Source: Gov Press Releases
Former NHS manager fined for sending personal data to her email account
A former GP practice manager has been fined for sending personal data to her own email account without authorisation, following an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Link: Former NHS manager fined for sending personal data to her email account
Source: ICO .org.uk
Protecting the data rights of homeless people among new projects supported by the ICO Grants Programme
Projects supporting the privacy of homeless people and issues around the use of genomic information in healthcare are among the latest recipients of funding from the ICO Grants Programme.
Link: Protecting the data rights of homeless people among new projects supported by the ICO Grants Programme
Source: ICO .org.uk
Press release: Generating Stations: TEES Combined Cycle Power Plant given development consent
The application for the TEES CCPP generating station has been given development consent by the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Link: Press release: Generating Stations: TEES Combined Cycle Power Plant given development consent
Source: Gov Press Releases
The Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (Appointed Day No. 5 and Miscellaneous Commencements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
These Regulations bring into force on 8th April 2019 customs provisions that enable premises to be approved as transit sheds for imported goods (subject to conditions, and pending a change in terminology to ‘temporary storage facilities’). This is part of the preparations for the United Kingdom exiting the EU.
Link: The Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (Appointed Day No. 5 and Miscellaneous Commencements) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Source: Legislation .gov.uk