About Information Law
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
Google has announced it will maintain its current approach to third-party cookie controls in Chrome and will not implement a new standalone prompt,...
Notable updates to the 10th Edition (published April 2024) include:...
MLex: Potentially conflicting legal requirements, national governance approaches to ensure regulatory consistency, as well as clear legal advice to...
Agency for the Co-operation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has published new guidelines aimed at enhancing the protection of cybersecurity information...
Commercial analysis: The English High Court has provided further guidance on the interpretation of ‘no waiver’ clauses in a recent decision. The...
Latest Information Law Practice Notes
UK GDPR enforcement by the Information Commissioner’s Office—trackerThis Practice Note tracks enforcement actions in the UK by the UK Information...
PECR 2003 enforcement by the Information Commissioner’s Office—trackerThis Practice Note tracks enforcement action taken by the Information...
Assigning intellectual property rightsLegislative frameworkThis Practice Note considers the assignment of IP rights. It covers the statutory...
Licensing intellectual property rightsLicensing IP rights—introductionDrafting IP licences can raise a number of commercial and legal issues, which...
Boilerplate clauses in business-to-consumer contracts—specific clausesFORTHCOMING CHANGE: On 24 May 2024, the Digital Markets, Competition and...
Latest Information Law Precedents
Data processing arrangements—representative sub-provisions—pro-controller and pro-processorNote: These provisions are drafted on the assumption that...
Cookie policyPlease read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies and other similar...
Claim form (defamation)—the contentsThe purpose of the claim formThe claim form is the document used to start proceedings. It contains information...
Data protection impact assessment—DPIA1Project overviewProject summary[Summarise the project, eg new IT system for storing and accessing personal...
Letter notifying data subject of data breachOn [insert date] we became aware that [describe what has happened, ie how the breach occurred]. The data...
Latest Information Law Q&As
Featured Information Law content
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)—Navigator
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)—NavigatorThis Practice Note serves as a reference guide to the Retained Regulation (EU) 2016/679...
Managing a breach of confidentiality or information security
Managing a breach of confidentiality or information securityMany companies and government bodies (such as HMRC) have been exposed to loss of...
Are recorded conversations between lay people legal and can they be used in legal proceedings?
What are the differences between joint controllers and controllers in common under the GDPR? What is the difference in liability if a party is a joint controller with another, compared to where the parties are controllers in common?
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...
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...
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...
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?
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,...
Key definitions under data protection law
Key definitions under data protection lawThis Practice Note provides further guidance on key definitions used in the EU’s General Data Protection...
UK GDPR—extra-territorial reach
UK GDPR—extra-territorial reachThis Practice Note discusses the territorial scope of the regime established by the United Kingdom General Data...
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...
Confidential information, privacy and injunctions
Confidential information, privacy and injunctionsThis Practice Note deals with the general principles of obtaining an injunction relating to...
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...
List of data protection clauses and agreements for commercial transactions and personal data processing and sharing
List of data protection clauses and agreements for commercial transactions and personal data processing and sharingThis Practice Note is a...
Can a company cap its liability for breach of its data protection obligations under a contract?
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...
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...
Associated legal terms
Authorised Persons
means[, in relation to a party, any of the following only to the extent that they are engaged by that party in connection with the performance of their obligations in connection with the Agreement: its[ officers, directors, members, partners,] employees[, consultants, subcontractors] or professional advisers and that of its Affiliates[, and any other person who has been previously approved in writing by the other party] OR the individuals listed in Schedule [insert Schedule number] to this Agreement];
authorities
judicial decisions or opinions of authors of repute used as grounds of statements of law;
Flash cookies
Many websites use Adobe Flash to display graphics, interactive animations and other enhanced functionality. Flash cookies (also known as local shared objects) are data files stored on a user’s computer to facilitate the Flash functionality. Flash cookies can track similar parameters to HTTP cookies but they can also provide information on a person’s use of the specific feature that the cookie is enabling. For example, if it facilitates the display of a video then an operator can be provided with details of how much of the video was watched and when viewing stopped.
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