In this action-packed eighth episode of Fieldfisher's Data & Privacy Matters podcast, Lorna Cropper, Martin McElroy and Laura Williams look at the key data and privacy news from August 2024.  

They take us through EU AI Act coming into force, the ICO's latest consultation on generative AI and the latest enforcement news from the EU and the UK. The episode explores the ICO's announcement in relation to social media and video sharing platforms and their children's privacy practices, how the new ICO privacy notice generator may help organisations and SMEs and the news that the ICO will be reviewing their fees. And to bring this episode to a close, the team will discuss the latest action taken against the Labour Party for failing to respond to SARs on time, a €290 million fine to Uber and a £6 million provisional fine against a software provider following a ransomware attack in August 2022, which disrupted the NHS and social care services.

A list of sources of the news discussed can be found here.