The EU Commission has launched a public consultation on procedures for notifying and acting on illegal content hosted by online intermediaries…
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Largest Monetary Penalty Imposed by ICO
Another NHS Trust has been hit with a monetary penalty – and this time it is an eye-watering £325,000 penalty…
Anonymisation of Data: ICO Consults
The Information Commissioner’s Office has begun a public consultation on a new anonymisation code of practice….
ICO Consults on Anonymisation Code of Practice
Marion Oswald reviews key provisions in the ICO’s draft code of practice on anonymisation…
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E-disclosure: TAR is Not a Plaything
Mike Taylor gives his assessment of technology assisted review…
Data Protection Breaches: Today and Tomorrow
In an imperfect world, there will be data protection breaches. Peter Wainman outlines the law on breach notification with his worried clients in mind….
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Due Diligence in a Cloud Environment
Tania Williams highlights some of the key areas that customers should consider as part of their cloud computing due diligence exercise…
Data Subject Access Requests: The Extent of the Obligation
Charles Wynn-Evans and Renzo Marchini report on a recent county court decision on UK data subject access requests. It suggests that an employer’s (or other data controller’s) search for personal data need only be proportionate and that a SAR cannot properly be made for the purposes of actual or contemplated litigation rather than the right to be informed of the processing of personal data….
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Anti-competitive Behaviour and Neutral Search Results
James Grimmelmann weighs up the investigation into Google’s practices by the EU Commission and the technological realities of search. He sees dangers flowing from oversimplification of the complexities of search….
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Expert Evidence, Liability and Holding the Line
Matthew Lavy and Richard Osborne consider the removal of immunity from suit for expert witnesses and suggest that a positive change of approach can come out of it…
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