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Under the Data (Use and Access) Act, organisations must have a process for handling data protection complaints within their organisation

The EU Data Protection Board and the European Data Protection Supervisor strongly urge the co-legislators not to adopt the proposed changes to the definition of personal data

Blog for International Report February 2026

Editorial for International Report February 2026

The main changes to the data protection legislation in Part 5 of the Data (Use and Access) Act (DUAA) will be commenced on Thursday, 5 February, apart from Section 103

The EU and Brazil adopted, on 27 January, mutual adequacy decisions which confirm that their levels of data protection are comparable. This recognition allows for personal data to flow freely between the EU and Brazil

The European Commission says that TikTok has agreed to provide advertising repositories in which data is stored and managed to ensure full transparency around ads on its services, as required by the Digital Services Act

The government has launched a consultation to seek views on whether under 16s should be banned from accessing social media

The ICO has issued a consultation to seek organisations’ views on the processes the ICO follows when it suspects a breach of the UK GDPR or the Data Protection Act 2018

Editorial for UK Report January 2026

Blog for UK Report January 2026