The IPT has given its latest judgment in the case of Privacy International v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Laurence Eastham thinks it is depressing….
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There is a widely held view that blockchain and the GDPR may be incompatible. Ben Gibson suggests an approach that would increase privacy protection by virtue of the use of zero-knowledge protocols in the context of distributed ledger technology…
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The National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, has published a report highlighting the threats to law firms and offering guidance on combating the threats…
The Court of Justice of the European Union has held that a religious community, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, is a controller, jointly with its members who engage in preaching, for the processing of personal data carried out by the latter in the context of door-to-door preaching. The case does, however, have wider impact, beyond such religious communities….
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This entry to the SCL Student Essay Prize earned Viraj Ananth the runner-up spot. It is a challenging and original take on the set question, which concerned the relative importance of law and ISP action in enforcement on the Internet….
Notice of intent and recommendations published in the light of preliminary findings in the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica investigation…
This is the essay which won the SCL Student Essay Prize for 2018 for Alvin Cheung on the set topic ‘Are state legislation and case law, or Internet Service Provider action, more important to the enforcement of rules on Internet users? Discuss with respect to key internet platforms’ Terms of Service and privacy policies.’…
The Exiting the European Union Committee has published its report on data flows and data protection after Brexit….
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Rupert Paines from 11KBW analyses the Court of Appeal’s judgment in DB v GMC…
According to the European Court of Human Rights, on the particular facts, the public’s right to access archived material online took precedence over the right of convicted persons to be forgotten…