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UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced the launch of the Cyber Security Research and Networking Environment NetworkPlus, led by the...
The European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA) has called for feedback on its draft technical guidance for the cybersecurity measures set out in...
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Communications data retention [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note is archived and no longer maintained.For information on the acquisition,...
The Investigatory Powers Act 2016—an introductory guide [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. For an...
Unlawfully obtaining data under the Data Protection Act 1998 [Archived]Archived: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This...
Investigation of encryption protected electronic data under RIPA 2000Although the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA 2016) repealed and replaced much...
Notification offences under the Data Protection Act 1998 [Archived]Archived: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.This Practice...
Mobile app privacy policy—genericpolicy version: [insert date of this policy][ — for previous versions of this policy see here][Insert name of mobile...
Website privacy policyPolicy version: [insert date of this policy][ — for previous versions of this policy see here][Insert website] (our website) is...
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The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)—NavigatorThis Practice Note serves as a reference guide to the Retained Regulation (EU) 2016/679...
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Key definitions under data protection lawThis Practice Note provides further guidance on key definitions used in the EU’s General Data Protection...
UK GDPR—extra-territorial reachThis Practice Note discusses the territorial scope of the regime established by the United Kingdom General Data...
Letter of claim—breach of confidence[Insert name and address of recipient]Dear [insert organisation name],[Name of client] and confidential...
Confidential information, privacy and injunctionsThis Practice Note deals with the general principles of obtaining an injunction relating to...
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 [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.11 pm (GMT) on 31...
List of data protection clauses and agreements for commercial transactions and personal data processing and sharingThis Practice Note is a...
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...
Trade secrets and confidential information—protection and enforcementThis Practice Note sets out the protection available for trade secrets and...
means all information of a confidential nature (in whatever form) which relates to the Purpose and is received or acquired (whether directly or indirectly) by a party[, its Authorised Persons][ or its Affiliates] including: (a) any know-how, trade secrets, financial, commercial, technical, tactical or strategic information of any kind; (b) all information produced, developed or derived from information disclosed pursuant to this Agreement; (c) all information agreed to be, or marked as, confidential; (d) [the information specified in Schedule [insert Schedule number] to this Agreement;] (e) any information a party[, its Affiliates][ or [its OR their] Authorised Persons] knows, or could reasonably be expected to know, is confidential; and (f) [the terms and existence of this Agreement.] but excluding any information which: (a) is, or was already known or available to a party, otherwise than pursuant to or through breach of any confidentiality obligation owed to the other party; (b) is, or becomes, in the public domain other than through any breach of this Agreement (save that any publicly available information shall be classified as Confidential Information where it is compiled in a form that is not in the public domain); (c) is disclosed to a party without any obligation of confidence to the other party by an individual or entity which is not itself under or in breach of any obligation of confidentiality; (d) is developed by or on behalf of a party in circumstances where the developing party has not had direct or indirect access to the information disclosed by the other party, provided that satisfactory evidence of the same is provided to the disclosing party; (e) the parties agree in writing does not constitute Confidential Information.
means: a service which is essential for the maintenance of critical societal or economic activities
an order authorising payment of legal aid for a defendant;