Google Privacy : Latest Enforcement Action
The CNIL has ordered Google to comply with the French Data Protection Act, within three months. Other DPAs are proceeding with the concerted action agreed by the Article 29 Working Party…
Litigation & DR
‘Something bad might happen’: Lawyers, Anonymization and Risk
Anonymized data? Maybe not so anonymous. Marion Oswald explains how anonymization offers a real challenge to lawyers and that they might not always be best equipped to deal with it…
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Open Data Charter
G8 leaders signed the Open Data Charter at their summit in Northern Ireland…
SCL Meeting Report: ‘A review of contractual frameworks, issues and risks in Cloud Computing’
Renzo Marchini reports on the SCL Seminar hosted by Dechert on 13 June 2013….
The Downing Street Lovers and the Information Commissioner
Laurence Eastham reveals all he knows about the identity of those involved in the Downing Street fling and wonders if there are lessons for a poorly resourced ICO….
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Two New Monetary Penalties Imposed
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published details of further monetary penalties imposed on public authorities….
Learning to Code
Laurence Eastham was drawn to a discussion in the SCL LinkedIn group that really took off and wonders if it has relevance for all IT lawyers…
A Brave New World Demands Brave New Thinking
Phil Lee considers the impact that Google Glass and other ‘smart glasses’ may have on privacy issues and calls for new thinking…
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Innocent Face and Mischief
Will Sally Bercow’s costly defeat be enough to make people think twice about mindless tweeting? Would the court’s judgment have been different if the Defamation Act 2013 had applied? Will the allegations really be forgotten?…
Latest Data Protection Act Prosecution
A former manager of a health service based at a council-run leisure centre in Southampton has been prosecuted by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for unlawfully obtaining sensitive medical information relating to over 2,000 people. Paul Hedges took the information hoping to use the data for a new fitness company he was setting up. He…