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Information Law weekly highlights—12 October 2017

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Published on: 12 October 2017

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Table of contents

Data protection
ICO fee and registration changes from April 2018
The Data Protection Bill has second reading in the House of Lords
First review of the EU–US Privacy Shield agreement on data transfer
EDPS advises on impact of EU proposal for large-scale IT systems
Bank and advertising firm fined for illegal marketing
Two police officers sentenced for selling car crash data to claims firm
High court grants injunctions in malicious falsehood and under section 10 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (Al-Ko Kober Ltd v Sambhi)
Insurance Europe publishes data breach notification template
Databases

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Article summary

This week’s edition of the Information Law highlights includes further information from the ICO on how the fees that data controllers have to pay will change, an update on the progress of the Data Protection Bill and analysis of the practical implications of the European Commission’s proposal on the free flow of non-personal data in the EU.

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