Reveal Day: Domain Names
ICANN has published its list of applicants for the new gTLDs and the suffixes they have claimed. Link to the list and read comments on what has been revealed….
Litigation & DR
ICO and Google Street View: Updated
The Information Commissioner’s Office has written to Google asking questions about Street View and its data collection. Google has responded. The ICO is clearly unhappy with Google’s behaviour during the initial investigation period in light of the fuller picture that has now emerged and Google is surprised that the ICO wants to re-open the investigation….
ICO Consults on Anonymisation Code of Practice
Marion Oswald reviews key provisions in the ICO’s draft code of practice on anonymisation…
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E-disclosure: TAR is Not a Plaything
Mike Taylor gives his assessment of technology assisted review…
Data Protection Breaches: Today and Tomorrow
In an imperfect world, there will be data protection breaches. Peter Wainman outlines the law on breach notification with his worried clients in mind….
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Due Diligence in a Cloud Environment
Tania Williams highlights some of the key areas that customers should consider as part of their cloud computing due diligence exercise…
Data Subject Access Requests: The Extent of the Obligation
Charles Wynn-Evans and Renzo Marchini report on a recent county court decision on UK data subject access requests. It suggests that an employer’s (or other data controller’s) search for personal data need only be proportionate and that a SAR cannot properly be made for the purposes of actual or contemplated litigation rather than the right to be informed of the processing of personal data….
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The Defamation Bill: A Fair Balance?
The Defamation Bill includes proposals of major interest to many advising web sites and involved in any form of hosting and publishing online. Andrew Tibber looks at the crucial proposals….
Patent Wars
Sometimes so confusing that it might well pertain to a Galaxy far, far away, the ongoing complexities of the litigation over smartphone patents leave many at a loss. John D. McGonagle offers a strategic overview of the smartphone ‘patent wars’…
Monetary Penalty for NHS Trust
An NHS trust has had to pay a monetary penalty of £90,000 for a breach of the Data Protection Act 1998….