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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
The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No 9 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026, SI 2026/1015, bring into force on 30...
The European Commission has announced new reporting duties under the Cyber Resilience Act from 11 September 2026. Manufacturers of products with...
This week’s edition of Information Law weekly highlights includes a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content related to laws...
Information Law analysis: In Vince v Associated Newspapers Ltd, the Court of Appeal held that the Daily Mail's juxtaposition of a claimant's...
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has announced that the government will prepare primary legislation requiring major...
Latest Information Law Practice Notes
This Practice Note provides a summary of the UK GDPR regime. For a higher-level introduction to UK data protection laws, see Practice Note: Data...
This Practice Note links to a report produced by Bird & Bird that reviews the laws governing the use of cookies and other storage and access...
This Practice Note provides guidance for a party involved in a commercial transaction between businesses to help them determine whether they are an...
This Practice Note provides further guidance on key definitions used in the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, Assimilated Regulation...
Many companies and government bodies (such as HMRC) have been exposed to or suffered loss of confidential information or other breaches of...
Latest Information Law Precedents
Every director of a company owes a number of duties to the company they are appointed to. Many of those duties have been developed by the courts over...
The Directors[Insert name of company][(Company)][Insert address][Insert date]Dear [Directors],General notification of interest in an existing...
The directors[Insert name of company][(Company)][Insert address][Insert date] Dear [Directors],Declaration of interest in a proposed...
1Declaration of interests1.1[The Chair drew the attention of the Meeting to:1.1.1[a declaration of interest by notice in writing from [insert name of...
<section><section><h2>Ordinary resolution:</h2><p><span style="caps">That</span> the directors be given the authority</p></section></section>
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
Profiling
Under the EU GDPR or UK GDPR, any automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of it to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular to analyse or predict aspects concerning that person's performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behaviour, location or movements.
Public telecommunication system
means a telecommunication system located in the United Kingdom— (a) by means of which any public telecommunications service is provided, or (b) which consists of parts of any other telecommunication system by means of which any such service is provided.
Territory
means [[list the specific countries, states or regions which form the territory] OR the [countries OR states OR regions] listed in Schedule [insert schedule number] ][subject to any variation agreed or implemented pursuant to clause [insert clause number]];
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