Access to exam results
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) confirms on its website: “If you’ve just received your exam results, data protection law allows you to ask for information about you and your performance”
Compliance Training
Compliance Training – DSAR handling workshops, breach‑response training, DUAA 2025 updates, or full compliance sessions
ICO reports increase in data breaches
The Information Commissioner’s Office has reported a significant increase in both data protection complaints and personal data breach reports in its Annual Report for 2025/26.
Kirsty Porter – KPDP Consultancy updated
Kirsty Porter, the founder of K.P. Data Protection Consultancy began her legal career in 1996 in criminal defence overseeing all aspects of police station representation, advising clients and taking witness statements and managing high-cost, complex cases in the Crown Court with legal Counsel.
DR Solicitors
Kirsty Porter of KPDP Consultancy is now providing data protection services on behalf of DR Solicitors
Ministry of Defence – Afghan Data Breach
Ministry of Defence – Afghan Relocation Data Breach – On the 15 July 2025, an injunction preventing the details of a massive data breach becoming public was lifted at the High Court. As a result, it is now understood that in February 2022 a serious breach of personal data occurred, which put lives at risk.
The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025
The Data (Use and Access) Bill has received Royal Assent and now forms The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025
Privacy and Electronic Communications Regs
The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) regulate how organisations communicate electronically, protecting individuals’ privacy while ensuring businesses maintain ethical practices.
The M and S cyber attack
See a recent article below written by Rupert Davey of ctm Information Technology, a colleague of KPDP Consultancy. An article which is becoming increasingly relevant in terms of data protection in view of M&S’s recent admission that some personal data was stolen by the cyber attackers.
The Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUA Bill)
The Data (Use and Access) Bill (DUA Bill) is largely focused on making better use of data across many sectors of the UK’s economy and improving public sector services. It is proposed that this Bill will enable the use of data to grow the economy.