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
Commercial analysis: The court granted summary judgment in favour of Virgin Aviation (Virgin) on a claim for sums due under a contract with Alaska...
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has selected compliance with transparency and information obligations under the EU General Data Protection...
The Data Protection Practitioners’ Conference (DPPC) 2025 brought together data protection professionals for a day of practical insights, expert...
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Capita plc £8m and Capita Pension Solutions Limited £6m, totalling £14m, for failing to ensure...
The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), in conjunction with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), Cabinet Office, HM...
Latest Information Law Practice Notes
Confidential information and trade secrets in employmentAs noted in Practice Note: The duty of fidelity and fiduciary duties, the duty of fidelity...
Applicable law—a guide for dispute resolution practitionersThis Practice Note explains what is meant by applicable law, also referred to in differing...
Trade secrets and confidential information—protection and enforcementThis Practice Note sets out the protection available for trade secrets and...
The Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK GDPRFORTHCOMING CHANGE: On 19 June 2025, the Data (Use and Access) Bill received Royal Assent, becoming the...
Practical and procedural matters in privacy proceedingsThis Practice Note deals with practical and procedural issues that may arise in a privacy...
Latest Information Law Precedents
Final Order (defamation)Claim No.: HQ [insert claim number]IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICEKING’S BENCH DIVISIONROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICEMEDIA AND...
Data protection impact assessment—DPIA1Project overviewProject summary[Summarise the project, eg new IT system for storing and accessing personal...
Personal data sharing clause—controller to controller—pro-receiving partyDefined terms: This Precedent clause uses the additional defined terms...
Privacy policy—general commercial organisation—customer-facingFORTHCOMING CHANGE: On 19 June 2025, the Data (Use and Access) Bill received Royal...
Confidentiality letter—short form[insert name and address of sender] (We)Our ref: [insert reference]Your ref: [insert reference][Insert address of...
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
authorities
judicial decisions or opinions of authors of repute used as grounds of statements of law;
RDSPs
Organisations that provide a specific type of digital service: online marketplaces, online search engines or cloud computing services
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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