Introducing the UK Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA)
The Data (Use and Access) Act (DUAA) represents the UK's first significant data protection reform since Brexit and it seeks to reshape the UK's data protection landscape whilst maintaining compatibility with EU standards to preserve seamless EU-UK data transfers.What is the Data (Use and Access) Act? The DUAA comprises three core pillars: reforming the UK GDPR framework establishing new mechanisms for business and customer data sharing creating a digital identity verification framework Its goal is
Simmons & Simmons AI Roadmap for HR Technology
AI Roadmap for HR Technology
AI in recruitment: the ICO lifts the curtain on providers of AI tools
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released a report on AI in Recruitment, which asks helpful questions and provides recommendations for employers using AI recruitment tools. The report is the output of consensual audit engagements with providers of AI recruitment tools, and the findings are insightful for both users (recruiters) and providers of such tools. Whilst the report focuses on the principles of UK data protection laws (the UK GDPR), its observations and findings have
