Source Currency: Volume 26, Issue 8, 1 September 2026 PDP 26 8 (31) (1): New Board appointed as ICO prepares to become Information Commission, EU AI Act enforcement begins as transparency rules take effect, TikTok loses appeal over 'special purposes' provisions, Government considers new controls on workplace monitoring, Metropolitan Police ordered to address systemic data protection failures, ACRO reprimanded over patching and security-monitoring failures, Ofcom calls for stronger age-assurance measures, Government proposes social-media curfews and further child protections, EDPB issues guidance on AI web scraping, anonymisation and blockchain, ICO explains how retailers can use data to prevent crime, Latest GDPR and UK GDPR fines. Articles: Expert Comment, First the hack, then the claim: preparing for the data protection class action, The ICO at a turning point: what its final Annual Report reveals, Cookies after the DUAA: what can organisations now do without consent? Before you deploy an AI agent: the privacy controls organisations actually need, Inside the DPO's office: privacy leadership in practice.