Private Eyes’ Clients Investigated
The ICO announces that it has launched an investigation into whether clients of rogue private investigators may have committed offences under the Data Protection Act…
Litigation & DR
Computer Misuse: Court of Appeal on Sentencing
The Court of Appeal judgment on an appeal against sentence in respect of DOS attacks and other behaviour which amounted to offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 is now available. It offers some useful guidance….
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Council’s Data Breach from FOI Response
Islington Council receives a penalty after 2,000 residents’ personal details are published online…
Restricted View in FirstRow Case
Nick Swimer and Stephen Edwards look at a recent High Court judgment that confirmed that operators of a live sports indexing web site were infringing the FAPL’s copyright…
Lawful Interception Capability Requirements
Ian Brown adds to the debate about Internet surveillance by governments and the various legal regimes that apply…
Governmental Access to Cloud Data: A Response
Judith Rauhofer responds to the article ‘A Global Reality: Governmental Access to Cloud Data’…
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A Global Reality: Governmental Access to Data in the Cloud
Quentin Archer, Winston Maxwell and Christopher Wolf summarise the key findings from a recent analysis of the powers of governments to access data held in the Cloud…
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Scooters Sales: OFT Frees Online Sales
The Office of Fair Trading has issued a decision in a case concerning restrictions on online sales of mobility scooters…
Monetary Penalty for Bank of Scotland
The Bank of Scotland has been issued with a monetary penalty by the Information Commissioner’s Office after a series of faxes were sent to wrong numbers over a three-year period…
E-crime: Commons Committee Report
The Home Affairs Committee published its Report on e-crime on 30 July 2013….