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Lexis®+ Information Law is an online practical guidance product for contentious and non-contentious lawyers dealing with Data Protection, Confidential Information, Privacy, Cybersecurity and Freedom of Information issues.
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Get a good background to data protection law and view practical guidance focused on data protection matters for commercial transactions. See also our UK GDPR compliant pro-party clauses for use in commercial agreements.
Confidential Information
Protect trade secrets and know-how using the law of confidentiality. Get information and a set of pro-party confidentiality agreements here.
Key information law developments
View a range of trackers to enable horizon scanning and monitoring of key developments. The trackers are maintained - making them useful for keeping up-to-date and for business development.
Lexis+® Information Law
It’s our online practical guidance product for contentious and non-contentious lawyers dealing with Data Protection, Confidential Information, Privacy, Cybersecurity and Freedom of Information issues.
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Latest Information Law News
The European Commission has fined Apple €500m and Meta €200m for breaching EU Digital Markets Act (EU DMA) obligations. Apple violated anti-steering...
The French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) has published recommendations on 18 April 2025 from its 2023-2024 regulatory sandbox programme focused on...
Law360: The UK privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioners' Office (ICO) said on 16 April 2025, that it has fined an English law firm £60,000 for...
The Supreme Court unanimously dismissed the hospitals’ appeals in these cases concerning withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment for children. There...
Welcome to this week’s edition of the Information Law weekly highlights: a hand-picked summary of news analysis, updates and new content related to...
Latest Information Law Practice Notes
Direct marketingThis Practice Note analyses legal and commercial issues arising out of direct marketing activities. It covers the relevant provisions...
Data (Use and Access) Bill—trackerThis Practice Note tracks key developments in the progress of the Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUA Bill or the Bill),...
UK GDPR and EU GDPR—extra-territorial reachThis Practice Note provides a high-level overview of the provisions relating to extra-territorial reach and...
Differences between Environmental Information Regulations and Freedom of Information ActSimilarities between Freedom of Information Act and...
Determining roles under data protection law in commercial transactions between businesses (processor, independent controller or joint controller)This...
Latest Information Law Precedents
Hardship clauseHardship•means[, subject to clause [1.6 OR 1.7],] a [fundamental OR material] change in the balance of a party’s benefits and...
Mobile app privacy policy—genericpolicy version: [insert date of this policy][ — for previous versions of this policy see here][Insert name of mobile...
Confidentiality and personal data sharing agreement—one-way—pro-recipientThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Insert name of party] [of [insert...
Confidentiality agreement—one-way—pro-discloserThis Agreement is made on [date]Parties1[Insert name of party][ of [insert details] OR a company...
Claim form (defamation)—the contentsThe purpose of the claim formThe claim form is the document used to start proceedings. It contains information...
Latest Information Law Q&As
Featured Information Law content
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)—Navigator
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)—NavigatorThis Practice Note serves as a reference guide to the Retained Regulation (EU) 2016/679...
Managing a breach of confidentiality or information security
Managing a breach of confidentiality or information securityMany companies and government bodies (such as HMRC) have been exposed to loss of...
Are recorded conversations between lay people legal and can they be used in legal proceedings?
What are the differences between joint controllers and controllers in common under the GDPR? What is the difference in liability if a party is a joint controller with another, compared to where the parties are controllers in common?
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s independent regulator designed to uphold...
Privacy law—misuse of private information
Privacy law—misuse of private informationThe tort of misuse of private information is focused on ‘the protection of human autonomy and dignity—the...
Data protection, privacy and confidential information case law tracker
Data protection, privacy and confidential information case law trackerThis Practice Note tracks noteworthy High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme...
Is someone’s voice personal identifiable information under GDPR? If someone is to do a voice over for content of some training for a business, would a consent form be needed?
Introduction to the EU GDPR and UK GDPR
Introduction to the EU GDPR and UK GDPRThis Practice Note provides a high-level introduction to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation,...
Key definitions under data protection law
Key definitions under data protection lawThis Practice Note provides further guidance on key definitions used in the EU’s General Data Protection...
UK GDPR—extra-territorial reach
UK GDPR—extra-territorial reachThis Practice Note discusses the territorial scope of the regime established by the United Kingdom General Data...
Letter of claim—breach of confidence
Letter of claim—breach of confidence[Insert name and address of recipient]Dear [insert organisation name],[Name of client] and confidential...
Confidential information, privacy and injunctions
Confidential information, privacy and injunctionsThis Practice Note deals with the general principles of obtaining an injunction relating to...
What does IP completion day mean for Information Law? [Archived]
What does IP completion day mean for Information Law? [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained.11 pm (GMT) on 31...
List of data protection clauses and agreements for commercial transactions and personal data processing and sharing
List of data protection clauses and agreements for commercial transactions and personal data processing and sharingThis Practice Note is a...
Can a company cap its liability for breach of its data protection obligations under a contract?
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR)This Practice Note provides a summary of the UK GDPR regime. For a higher-level introduction to UK...
Trade secrets and confidential information—protection and enforcement
Trade secrets and confidential information—protection and enforcementThis Practice Note sets out the protection available for trade secrets and...
Associated legal terms
‘Confidential Information’—one-way—pro-discloser
means all information of a confidential nature (in whatever form) which relates to the Purpose and is received or acquired (whether directly or indirectly) by [Party B][, its Authorised Persons][ or its Affiliates] including: (a) any know-how, trade secrets, financial, commercial, technical, tactical or strategic information of any kind; (b) all information produced, developed or derived from information disclosed pursuant to this Agreement; (c) all information agreed to be, or marked as, confidential; (d) the information specified in Schedule [insert Schedule number] to this Agreement; (e) any information [Party B][, its Affiliates][ or [its OR their ]Authorised Persons] knows, or could reasonably be expected to know, is confidential; and (f) [the terms and existence of this Agreement.] but excluding any information which: (a) is, or was already known or available to [Party B], otherwise than pursuant to or through breach of any confidentiality obligation owed to [Party A]; (b) is, or becomes, in the public domain other than through any breach of this Agreement (save that any publicly available information shall be classified as Confidential Information where it is compiled in a form that is not in the public domain); (c) is disclosed to [Party B] without any obligation of confidence to [Party A] by a third party who is not itself under or in breach of any obligation of confidentiality; (d) is developed by or on behalf of [Party B] in circumstances where the developing party has not had direct or indirect access to the information disclosed, provided that [Party B] provides satisfactory evidence of the same to [Party A]; (e) [Party A] agrees in writing does not constitute Confidential Information.
gastric illness
'gastric illness' means any gastrointestinal illness arising from a contract'>breach of contract or breach of statutory duty or common law duty in respect of services, food and beverages provided in relation to a package holiday
Joint controller
Defined under the EU GDPR and UK GDPR as one of two or more controllers that jointly determine the purposes and means of the processing of personal data.
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