Data Protection and Home CCTV According to the CJEU, the Data Protection Directive applies to a video recording made with a surveillance camera installed by a person on his family home and directed towards the public footpath. The Court ruled in Case 212/13 František Ryneš v Ú?ad pro ochranu osobních údaj? that those installing domestic…
Jon Baines reflects on a recent disastrous appeal against an information notice by Medway Council…
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Joanne Frears wants us to consider the considerable implications of ‘skintech’ before the wrinkles start to show…
Simon Deane-Johns examines that question and looks forward to the SCL events which will focus on it…
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Professor Chris Marsden explains what is behind the Openlaws.eu project and explores the current landscape of access to law in the UK….
To coincide with Data Protection Day on 28 January 2015, Matheson hosted and sponsored the SCL Irish Group’s breakfast seminar on the latest developments in data protection law….
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The group asked by Google to advise on the implementation of the so-called right to be forgotten has published its report…
All of those operating on the Internet have to be aware of the dangers that come with defamation. But it is easy to overlook the very real differences between the law on defamation in England and Wales and the comparable law in Scotland. Christine O’Neill and Niall McLean provide a timely reminder….
Ofcom has released details of its plans for taking account of the IoT…
Google is to change its privacy policy in response to data protection investigations…