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AI Data Leaks & Shadow AI: The Legal Minefield Facing UK Organisations in 2025

Analysis • June 18, 2025

Camilo Artiga-Purcell, General Counsel at Kiteworks, identifies some of the ever-increasing risks and potential consequences of rushing to use AI in legal practice Picture a partner at a leading UK law firm, racing to finalise a high-stakes merger. With a deadline looming, they turn to a free online AI tool, uploading sensitive deal documents for…

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News • June 13, 2025

UK law Data (Use and Access) Bill finally passes through Parliament and heads for Royal of Assent The Data (Use and Access) Bill finally completed its passage through the UK parliament on 11 June 2025. It was the third attemot at data protection reform in the UK and this final attempt was subject to a…

Ofcom’s strategic approach to AI

News • June 11, 2025

Ofcom has issued a report how it is supporting the safe innovation and use of artificial intelligence across the sectors it regulates, and streamlining the way it works. Smarter communications The industries Ofcom regulates have technology and innovation at their heart. As technologies evolve, new opportunities emerge that have the potential to drive better outcomes…

EDPB publishes final version of guidelines on data transfers to third country authorities and SPE training material on AI and data protection

News • June 10, 2025

During its latest plenary, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted the final version of its guidelines on Article 48 GDPR about data transfers to third country authorities. The EDPB also discussed the European Commission’s request for a joint EDPB-EDPS opinion on the draft proposal on the simplification of record-keeping obligation under the GDPR. Finally,…

ICO issues AI and biometrics strategy

News • June 6, 2025

The ICO has issued an AI and biometrics strategy. It says that from a data protection perspective, people need to be able to trust that organisations using AI and biometrics tech: ICO cites statistics that show that public concerns are especially strong in high-impact cases: The strategy sets out how the ICO will: As these…

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News • June 6, 2025

UK law CMA consults on draft rules for digital markets competition regime levy The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is seeking views on the approach to a levy for the digital markets competition regime and draft strategic market status (SMS) levy rules under Section 110 of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024. Section…

The (Speculative) Rise of AI Agents in Legal

Analysis • June 3, 2025

Amanda Chaboryk, Chris Cartmell, and Stephanie Baker, of PwC, raise some early considerations about the seemingly inevitable spread of agentic AI into legal departments IntroductionArtificial Intelligence (AI) has played an increasingly prominent role within legal, starting as early as the 90’s, when legal databases started incorporating natural language processing to optimise search and retrieval. Leaping…

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News • May 30, 2025

UK law ICO issues reprimand to Greater Manchester Police over CCTV failings The ICO has issued a reprimand to Greater Manchester Police (GMP) following failures in its storage and handling of CCTV footage. A person was held in custody for 48 hours in February 2021. During this period, a CCTV system was in operation. GMP’s…

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News • May 23, 2025

UK law UK government issues call for views on enterprise connected device security The government is asking for views on the security of enterprise connected devices. It is a priority for the government to ensure all new and existing technologies are safely developed and deployed across the UK. “Enterprise connected device (or IOT devices) are…

LLMs are Left-Leaning Liberals: The Hidden Political Bias of Large Language Models

Analysis • May 19, 2025

A team from Cripps reveal the perhaps surprising results of their research in to the political leanings of LLMs. In this article, Cripps’ specialist AI and Data team unpacks the political bias in generative artificial intelligence large language models (“LLMs”). We present the available research, explain our own test results and conclude that LLMs have…