Adwords: Portakabin Judgment Published
The Court of Justice has given its ruling in the latest AdWords dispute, a reference from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) in Portakabin v Primakabin….
Privacy & Data Protection
ICO Launches New Code of Practice
The Information Commissioner’s Office published the Personal information online code of practice on 7 July….
DEA 2010: Wi-fi Liability
Mark Weston explores the legal problems associated with wi-fi Internet access and considers the effect of the Digital Economy Act 2010…
Data Protection: Call for Evidence
On 6 July, the Ministry of Justice issued a Call for Evidence on current data protection legislation….
Data Protection and FOI: ECJ’s Balancing Act
In the Bavarian Lager case, the Court of Justice had to consider the scope of the protection of personal data in the context of claims to gain access to documents of EU institutions…
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Machines Behaving Badly
Kirsten Whitfield reports on a joint meeting of the SCL London Group and Privacy & Data Protection Interest Group held on 27 May. Mark Watts of Bristows and Eduardo Ustaran of Field Fisher Waterhouse were the speakers at a lively meeting….
Article 29 WP on Online Behavioural Advertising
An Article 29 Working Party Opinion on online behavioural advertising was adopted on 22 June and has now been published….
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EU Requires UK to Give the ICO More Powers
The EU Commission has formally requested the UK to strengthen the powers of the Information Commissioner…
EDPS Opinion on EU/USA Banking Data Sharing
The European Data Protection Supervisor has published his Opinion on the draft agreement for the sharing of financial messaging, officially the Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of Financial Messaging Data from the European Union to the United States for purposes of the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP II)…
Transparency and Publication of Personal Data
There is a newly published Advocate General Opinion on the publication of personal data in a case which may have real relevance to the new UK government’s moves to open up public information…
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