2+ week, 1+ day ago  (240+ words) By Carol C. Villegas and Danielle Izzo Mazzeo27 March 2026 There are several provisions relating to consumers" ability to manage and protect their personal data. In addition to maintaining the UK GDPR"s data management and privacy protections for consumers, the act expands…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (259+ words) Analytics company Palantir is poised to gain comprehensive access to the anti-money laundering data held by law firms when AML supervision passes to the Financial Conduct Authority, it has emerged. The controversial US tech giant is hoping to land a…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (221+ words) The Commons justice committee last week exercised its power to demand answers from the government on compensation for solicitors affected by the Legal Aid Agency cyber attack. MPs want answers after concerns were raised about the clarity, adequacy and longer-term…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (190+ words) The government did not have a digital disaster recovery plan in place for the Legal Aid Agency despite knowing since 2021 that the agency's IT systems were vulnerable to attack, it has emerged. The agency's systems were hacked on 31 December 2024, with…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (439+ words) Solicitors affected by the cyber attack on the Legal Aid Agency will not be given a separate route to compensation, the government revealed last week " as it also emerged that work to restore systems has forced the government to push…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (408+ words) Firms affected by the cyber attack on the Legal Aid Agency are entitled to compensation and the Law Society will not let the matter drop once systems are fully restored, legal aid practitioners have been told. Practitioners have endured five…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (330+ words) The cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency has left lawyers with significantly less time to support vulnerable clients because they are having to do more administrative work for free while the portal remains down, a prominent family lawyer has told…...

9+ mon, 3+ day ago  (286+ words) A magistrate who accessed a court database for personal reasons has been issued with a reprimand for misconduct. Karen Earnshaw, from the Cheshire bench, used the system to check on the location of a case involving a relative, in which…...

11+ mon, 4+ day ago  (363+ words) Firms were informed by the LAA about the security incident last week and have now been told in a second letter that the LAA Online Portal, which was taken offline as part of work to protect. .. LAA portal to remain…...

11+ mon, 4+ week ago  (532+ words) A law firm subject to a cyber attack has been fined "60, 000 for failing to ensure the security of personal information. Merseyside-based DPP. .. for the ICO, said the fine should serve as a. .. A law firm subject to a cyber attack has…...