Latest Data Protection Act Prosecution
A leisure centre employee has been prosecuted for unlawfully obtaining health information of over 2,000 people…
Privacy & Data Protection
Maintaining Balance: Norwich Pharmacal and Data Protection
Joel Smith and Christopher Sharp consider the recent Supreme Court decision concerning obtaining information about wrongdoers, particularly the use of Norwich Pharmacal relief and the balance to be struck with the data protection rights of individuals…
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Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 3, Some Prominent IT Lawyers
Here are predictions from IT lawyers Graham Smith, Robin Fry and Beverley Flynn, focusing mainly on 2013….
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Leveson and Data Protection
In the welter of coverage of the Leveson Report, data protection issues have not been given much prominence but they will matter to SCL members….
Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 2, Masters of Legal IT
When you get Charles Christian, Jan Durant, Andrew Haslam and Charles Holloway in one predictions posting, the combined weight of experience and perception threatens to imbalance the Internet. We decided to risk it….
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Spam Texters: Massive Monetary Penalties
The Information Commissioner’s Office issued monetary penalties totalling £440,000 in respect of two spam texters…
Building on Clive’s Sound Chairmanship
In this, my first blog as SCL Chair, I set out some of my thoughts on the way forward for SCL and acknowledge the enormous contribution of my predecessor as Chair, Clive Davies….
Is Insourcing the New Outsourcing?
Tim Wright and Tania Williams consider the insourcing trend and give pointers to the proper process to follow for those tempted by that trend…
CAP on Online Behavioural Advertising
Helen Hart looks at new rules announced by the Committee of Advertising Practice…
Disclosure of Personal Data and Proportionality: Supreme Court Judgment
The Supreme Court has considered the principles involved when making a Norwich Pharmacal order and whether disclosure of personal data is proportionate in the context of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Article 8…
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