UK GDPR Update 2027 - Key Legal Developments & Compliance Priorities

Introduction

Over the past year, there have been significant developments in the UK GDPR and other data protection legislation as well as important case law concerning security duties and compensation.

This webinar summarises the key changes and will highlight what needs to be done to ensure compliance. Other recent developments in the field of data protection will also be considered.

What You Will Learn

This webinar will cover the following:

• Data (Use and Access Act) 2025
• One year on, how has the data protection landscape changed?
• Extent of controllers’ security duty
• Does the law require a controller to guard against the risk that data which relates to individuals who can be identified by the data controller will be subject to unauthorised or unlawful processing by a third party who cannot identify those individuals?
• DSG Retail v ICO
• Compensation Claims
• Is there a threshold of seriousness that applies to these cases?
• What types of loss are ‘non-material’?
• Latest update concerning the Farley v Paymaster Case (Supreme Court decision pending)
• Regulatory Updates
• Statutory Code on AI and automated decision making
• Guidance on controllers and processors
• Handling SARs generated by AI
• Regulatory Action
• Latest examples of enforcement action under the UK GDPR
• Latest examples of enforcement action under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003