The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that an operator of a website that features a Facebook ‘like’ button can be a data controller jointly with Facebook….
Contractual terms and privacy policies: how to improve consumer understanding The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published a guide on contractual terms and privacy policies. The guide examines techniques for improving consumers’ understanding of contractual terms, conditions and privacy policies. The focus is on methods offering low-cost, practical and scalable solutions….
The UK government has issued a further consultation on implementing the Audiovisual Media Services Directive now that it also covers video sharing platforms…
John-Paul Tettmar-Saleh presents the third of our series of this year’s Student Essay prize winners ….
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Kate Brimsted and Tom Evans summarise the ICO’s recent cookie guidance and report on AdTech which set out some lessons and warnings for website owners in general and the online advertising industry in particular…
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The SCL response to the Online Harms White Paper consultation. Thanks to Patricia Shaw, SCL Trustee, and Fiona Whiteside of Twenty Essex for co-ordinating and collating this response….
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Curators of the SCL response express concerns over structure and scope of the proposals…
Liz Harding looks at some of the state level privacy initiatives currently being considered or progressed in the US…
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Peter Leonard challenges some accepted wisdom about the value of big data and how data driven businesses are regulated….
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Tackling fraud in government with data analyticsThe Cabinet Office is consulting on its approach to the challenges of using data and analytics to counter fraud in the public sector. The consultation is based on a report published by the Cabinet Office. The report summarises the key challenges in employing data analysis and data sharing to counter…