Irish Presidency Proposes Risk-Based Adjustments to Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation
Bridget Treacy and Naomi McBride bring us up to date with the latest developments on the EU DP Regulation…
Bridget Treacy and Naomi McBride bring us up to date with the latest developments on the EU DP Regulation…
Laurence Eastham reveals all he knows about the identity of those involved in the Downing Street fling and wonders if there are lessons for a poorly resourced ICO….
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The Information Commissioner’s Office has published details of further monetary penalties imposed on public authorities….
Laurence Eastham was drawn to a discussion in the SCL LinkedIn group that really took off and wonders if it has relevance for all IT lawyers…
The Information Commissioner has published his letter to the Secretary of State for Justice expressing his concern about the ICO’s ability to cope with the duties that would fall upon it if the data protection reform package proceeds in its current form…
Phil Lee considers the impact that Google Glass and other ‘smart glasses’ may have on privacy issues and calls for new thinking…
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Ian Wimbush asks how the trend towards BYOD is affecting law firms…
The EU data protection authorities are keen to see clear limits established on profiling and have published an advice paper on the topic…
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Will Sally Bercow’s costly defeat be enough to make people think twice about mindless tweeting? Would the court’s judgment have been different if the Defamation Act 2013 had applied? Will the allegations really be forgotten?…
A former manager of a health service based at a council-run leisure centre in Southampton has been prosecuted by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for unlawfully obtaining sensitive medical information relating to over 2,000 people. Paul Hedges took the information hoping to use the data for a new fitness company he was setting up. He…