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STOP PRESS This Practice Note reflects the present legislative landscape; however, be aware that some aspects will be affected by the Digital Omnibus proposals issued on 19 November 2025 under the Commission’s ‘simplification’ programme. For further details, see Practice Note: EU Digital Omnibus—tracker. This Practice Note explores the law governing the use of cookies and related technologies in the EU, covering the following: Types of cookies and related technologies ePrivacy Directive and cookies Responsibility for compliance Consent Clear and comprehensive information Exemptions EU GDPR and cookies Territorial scope Intranets Sanctions and enforcement Cookie audits Reform Resources and guidance Cookies are small data files placed on a user’s computer, phone or tablet. They enable an online service, such as a website, to recognise an individual user and retain particular information about them, such as login credentials, the contents of shopping baskets and site preferences. They are also widely used to direct advertising...

Practice Note This Practice Note summarises the principal requirements and considerations surrounding disciplinary and grievance procedures in broad terms. It explains the advantages of carefully drafted, written procedures for discipline and grievances. It addresses the obligation to include specified information about these procedures in written statements of particulars, the core principles underpinning them, the effect of the Acas Code of Practice on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures, and the statutory right to be accompanied. It also examines the use of disciplinary warnings, contractual issues where procedures are binding terms, and the implications of the right to a fair hearing under Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Many employers maintain their own processes for managing discipline or enabling staff to raise grievances, commonly set out in employee handbooks or staff manuals, and in some organisations made available by other means, for example via corporate intranets. Implementing robust, written disciplinary and grievance procedures matters for at least three reasons: they offer a clear framework for...

STOP PRESS: On 19 June 2025, the Data (Use and Access) Bill obtained Royal Assent, becoming the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (DUAA 2025), with parts taking effect that same day. Provisions addressing matters such as dealing with data subject access requests and granting powers to make further regulations commenced immediately on 19 June 2025. Other measures, covering notices from the Information Commissioner and certain facets of law enforcement processing, began on 19 August 2025 (two months after Royal Assent). The bulk of DUAA 2025’s measures still require additional regulations, in the form of statutory instruments, before they can commence. Parts 5 and 6 update elements of UK data protection and ePrivacy law, including the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation, Assimilated Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018 and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003, SI 2003/2426. Most provisions in Part 5 are scheduled to take effect on 5 February 2026 as a result of the Data (Use and Access) Act...