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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.
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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.
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Protect trade secrets and know-how using the law of confidentiality. Get information and a set of pro-party confidentiality agreements here.
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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
Public Law analysis: In Bence v Cornwall Council, the Upper Tribunal (UT) found Cornwall Council in contempt for failing to comply with a Substituted...
Dispute Resolution analysis: This case concerned the court’s power to grant an injunction to restrain a litigant from sending abusive communications...
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Information Law weekly highlights a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content related to...
Information Law analysis: In this case, the Court of Appeal unanimously allowed the appeal brought by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO),...
The European Commission has launched a consultation on a draft Communication intended to provide guidance on the interpretation and practical...
Latest Information Law Practice Notes
This Practice Note is a ‘how to’ guide on reviewing an NDA (also known as a non-disclosure agreement or a confidentiality agreement) which signposts...
A set-off is the right of one party, Party A, who is owed money by another party, Party B, to ensure payment by setting off the amount owed to Party A...
ContractWhere a contract is made by two or more parties it may contain a promise or obligation made by two or more of those parties. Any such promise...
Copyright theftTheft of copyright is criminalised by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988), the Trade Marks Act 1994 (TMA 1994) and...
The Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA 2018) addresses a number of distinct data protection regimes in UK data protection law:•general processing of...
Latest Information Law Precedents
This [page] forms part of our privacy policy and gives more detailed information on who your personal data is shared with further to the summary...
This Agreement is made on [date] 1 [insert name of party] [of OR trading as [insert trading name]...
[IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE[BUSINESS AND PROPERTY COURTS [OF ENGLAND AND WALES OR IN [insert location]]][Specify division][Specify specialist...
STOP PRESS: On 19 June 2025, the Data (Use and Access) Bill received Royal Assent, becoming the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA 2025) and coming...
This Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Insert name of party] [of [insert address] OR a company incorporated in [England and Wales] under number...
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
OESs
operating in the sectors/subsectors set out in Sch 2, which include: ? energy—including the electricity, oil and gas subsectors ? transport—including the air, rail, water and road subsectors ? health care—including the health care settings subsector (such as hospitals, private clinics and online settings) ? drinking water supply and distribution, and ? digital infrastructure—such as internet exchange points (IXPs), domain name service providers (DNS), and top level domain name registries (TLD)
Public authority and public body
Public authorities and public bodies often carry out activities involving personal data. The terms ‘public authority’ and ‘public body’ are used throughout the GDPR regimes, including within several of the definitions, but are not expressly defined. The EDPB considers that under the EU GDPR: • these notions are broad enough to include both public bodies in third countries and ‘international organisations’ (ie an organisation and its subordinate bodies governed by public international law, or any other body which is set up by, or on the basis of, an agreement between two or more countries) • with respect to public bodies in third countries, the notion is to be determined under domestic law • public bodies include government authorities at different levels (eg national, regional and local authorities) and also other bodies governed by public law (eg executive agencies, universities, hospitals and so on)
sending for trial
procedure by which some cases are transferred from a magistrates' court to the Crown Court for trial;
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