Andrew Dyson

UK: It’s time to act – the UK National Cyber Security Centre’s wake-up call for business leaders

By Ross McKean, David Cook, Linzi Penman, James McGachie, Andrew Dyson & Henry Kilding on October 20, 2025

Visible cyber fallout is everywhere. Impact to business operations (and therefore revenue) including halted production lines, emptied supermarket shelves, online payment unavailability, and patient backlogs have all brought cyber into the media and the boardroom at an alarming rate in the last year. Last week, the NCSC’s Annual Review 2025[1] showed impact climbing fast…

UK: Data (Use and Access) Bill: newcomer or a familiar face?

By Rachel de Souza, Andrew Dyson & James Clark on November 5, 2024

Posted in New laws, Privacy Law, UK

Déjà vu in the world of UK data law: the Labour government has proposed reforms to data protection and e-privacy laws through the new Data (Use and Access) Bill (“DUAB“). The DUAB follows the previous government’s unsuccessful attempts to reform these laws post-Brexit, which led to the abandonment of the Data Protection…