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Lexis®+ Information Law is an online practical guidance product for contentious and non-contentious lawyers dealing with Data Protection, Confidential Information, Privacy, Cybersecurity and Freedom of Information issues.
Data protection
Get a good background to data protection law and view practical guidance focused on data protection matters for commercial transactions. See also our UK GDPR compliant pro-party clauses for use in commercial agreements.
Confidential Information
Protect trade secrets and know-how using the law of confidentiality. Get information and a set of pro-party confidentiality agreements here.
Key information law developments
View a range of trackers to enable horizon scanning and monitoring of key developments. The trackers are maintained - making them useful for keeping up-to-date and for business development.
Lexis+® Information Law
It’s our online practical guidance product for contentious and non-contentious lawyers dealing with Data Protection, Confidential Information, Privacy, Cybersecurity and Freedom of Information issues.
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Latest Information Law News
MLex: Germany is proposing changes to the EU's planned cybersecurity certification framework that would give national governments a greater role in...
MLex: TikTok has lost a UK Upper Tribunal (UT) appeal on a preliminary issue in its challenge to a privacy fine over its processing of data belonging...
This week's edition of Information Law weekly highlights includes a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content related to laws...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBIST) has launched the advisory AI Growth Lab for legal services, opening applications for a new regulatory...
Public Law analysis: The Court of Appeal held that, for the purposes of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR 2004), reg 12(4)(a)...
Latest Information Law Practice Notes
Cyber risk, like any other risk to your business, needs to be managed properly and considered a high priority risk for the internal compliance or...
The UK has one of the most web-based economies in the world, with the UK internet market valued in the order of billions of pounds a year. With this...
This Practice Note considers the use of specific boilerplate provisions in business-to-consumer (B2C) contracts, namely assignment, definitions and...
This Practice Note sets out the law on the use of boilerplate provisions in business-to-consumer (B2C) contracts. As well as providing details on the...
This Practice Note examines the approach to sanctions and enforcement under the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, Assimilated...
Latest Information Law Precedents
This Precedent uses the additional defined terms ‘Agreement’, ‘Business Day’, ‘Customer’, ‘Services’, ‘Supplier’ and ‘Supplier Personnel’, which are...
This Agreement is dated [insert date]Parties1[insert name] [of OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number [insert registered...
This Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of Principal] [of OR a company incorporated in [insert jurisdiction] under number [insert...
This Precedent is drafted in contemplation of arrangements where the parties wish to insert data processing provisions within a Schedule rather than...
1Introduction1.1This Records retention schedule accompanies and is incorporated into [insert organisation’s name]’s Records management policy. It sets...
Latest Information Law Q&As
Featured Information Law content
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)—Navigator [Archived]
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)—NavigatorThis Practice Note serves as a reference guide to the Retained Regulation (EU) 2016/679...
Privacy law—misuse of private information
Privacy law—misuse of private informationThe tort of misuse of private information is focused on ‘the protection of human autonomy and dignity—the...
Confidentiality agreement—mutual
Confidentiality agreement—mutualThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[insert name of party] [of [insert details ] OR a company incorporated in...
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s independent regulator designed to uphold...
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)This Practice Note provides a summary of the UK GDPR regime. For a higher-level introduction to UK...
Are recorded conversations between lay people legal and can they be used in legal proceedings?
Is it standard for a non-disclosure agreement to contain liability limitations (eg for loss of information and/or breach) and what arguments could be used to seek to remove any such provisions added by another party?
In the context of confidentiality agreements, what constitutes an ‘indirect’ disclosure? Is it necessary to specifically use the word ‘indirect’ to capture all types of disclosure by the main disclosing party?
Letter of claim—breach of confidence
Letter of claim—breach of confidence[Insert name and address of recipient]Dear [insert organisation name],[Name of client] and confidential...
Trade secrets and confidential information—protection and enforcement
Trade secrets and confidential information—protection and enforcementThis Practice Note sets out the protection available for trade secrets and...
Introduction to the EU GDPR and UK GDPR
Introduction to the EU GDPR and UK GDPRThis Practice Note provides a high-level introduction to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation,...
Data protection, privacy and confidential information case law tracker
Data protection, privacy and confidential information case law trackerThis Practice Note tracks noteworthy High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme...
Commercial use of photographs—data protection and privacy issues
Commercial use of photographs—data protection and privacy issuesThis Practice Note addresses issues affecting professional photographers taking...
Letter of claim—breach of data protection law
Letter of claim—breach of data protection law[Insert name and address of recipient]Dear [insert organisation name],[Name of client] and breach of data...
What does IP completion day mean for Information Law? [Archived]
What does IP completion day mean for Information Law? [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.11 pm (GMT) on 31...
Confidential information, privacy and injunctions
Confidential information, privacy and injunctionsThis Practice Note deals with the general principles of obtaining an injunction relating to...
The Data Protection Act 2018
The Data Protection Act 2018This Practice Note introduces the UK’s Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018).For higher-level introductions to data...
Is someone’s voice personal identifiable information under GDPR? If someone is to do a voice over for content of some training for a business, would a consent form be needed?
Associated legal terms
in open court
in a courtroom which is open to the public;
Joint controller
Defined under the EU GDPR and UK GDPR as one of two or more controllers that jointly determine the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV), Zero and Low Emission Vehicle (ZLEV) and Electric Vehicle (EV)
means a vehicle that emits less than [75g] of CO2 per km travelled as measured by the World-Harmonised Light-Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP).
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