Data and Privacy Matters: Legal Updates - July 2025
In the latest episode of Fieldfisher’s Data and Privacy Matters podcast, hosts Lorna Cropper, Emma Yaltaghian and Leo McSweeney provide a comprehensive roundup of the key legal developments from July 2025.
The team start by discussing how the ICO released guidance to prevent data breaches in document disclosure and how the European Commission has reviewed the UK's adequacy decision. Focus then turns to AI advancements, including the European Commission’s AI Code of Practice and the UK’s digital library for AI guidance.
Lorna reports on the GDPR’s positive impact on cybersecurity by way of the CNIL's report, showing reduced identity theft across the EU before highlighting Ofcom's children's codes of practice, which became effective in July and aim to improve online safety for children.
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The episode wraps up with significant enforcement news, including a major inquiry into a data breach affecting Afghan and British military officials and an £18,000 fine imposed on a Scottish charity for the unauthorised destruction of personal records.
Sources of the news discussed:
UK updates
- New guidance on disclosing documents to the public
- ICO consults on updated guidance on storage and access technologies and on its approach to regulating online advertising | Practical Law
- ICO call for views on international transfers guidance | ICO
Online Safety
- Platforms told to introduce age checks in UK as enforcement powers start today | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
- New profiling tools for online safety – privacy guidance
- Consultation opened on EU's cyberbullying action plan
Artificial Intelligence
- European Commission finalises code of practice for general-purpose AI models under EU AI Act | Practical Law
- Guidelines on the scope of obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models under the AI Act | Shaping Europe’s digital future
- UK to set up new one-stop shop on AI regulation with digital regulators (correct*) | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
EU updates
Data Breaches update
- UK data watchdog’s handling of Afghan breach could damage its ability to enforce
- Charity fined following destruction of irreplaceable personal records | ICO
- ICO statement in response to 2022 MoD data breach | ICO
UK retail sector update
European enforcement
UK enforcement
