Archive:June 2025

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Pay the Price, Now ‘Fess Up’: Reporting Obligations for Ransomware Payments Are Live
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A Positive Package: The Data (Use and Access) Bill

Pay the Price, Now ‘Fess Up’: Reporting Obligations for Ransomware Payments Are Live

By: Cameron Abbott, Rob Pulham, Stephanie Mayhew, Emre Cakmakcioglu

As of 29 May 2025, the requirement on businesses to report ransomware payments they make has come into effect.

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A Positive Package: The Data (Use and Access) Bill

By: Shane Hubbard, Ludovico Lugnani, and Helen Phizackerley,

Since its introduction on 23 October 2024, the Data (Use and Access) Bill (the Bill) continues to evolve as it progresses through Parliament. Reminiscent of the incomplete Data Protection and Digital Information Bill, it has been introduced by the new Labour government to “harness the power of data for economic growth, support modern digital government, and improve people’s lives.” The Bill’s core aims are to grow the economy, improve UK public services and make people’s lives easier. It has been positioned as “a positive package” that “provides greater regulatory certainty for organisations and promotes growth and innovation in the UK economy.”

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