India’s New Privacy Laws
Stephen Mathias analyses important new laws which have an impact on all businesses operating in or having connections with India….
Privacy & Data Protection
Data Protection, Money Laundering and Terrorism
The Article 29 Working Party has issued a new Opinion and provided recommendations aimed at helping balance the need to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism with the need to protect privacy….
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CCTV and Privacy
The ICO has forced a CCTV web site Internet Eyes to make changes following privacy concerns…
Geo-location
Cynthia O’Donoghue and Nick Tyler review the Article 29 Working Party Opinion 13/2011 on geo-location services on smart mobile devices. They also ask: where do we go from here?…
EDPS Gives Data Retention Directive the Thumbs Down
The European Data Protection Supervisor has adopted an Opinion which is critical of the Data Retention Directive. His evaluation conflicts with that of the EU Commission and suggests that the Directive does not meet privacy and data protection requirements…
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Data (All Too) Direct
A personal injury worker has been prosecuted for illegally obtaining patients’ details….
The Reality of Service Credits
Michael Harvey offers a challenging view, from an in-house IT lawyer’s perspective, on service levels and service credits. His article provides a valuable insight for those involved in outsourcing contracts, whether acting for customers or suppliers. These are the views of the author and not necessarily those of his company….
Spy on the Spanners
Big brother is watching you – do you care?…
Geolocation: Consent Bombshell from Article 29 WP
Nobody doubted that geolocation data was subject to data protection restrictions but the level of consent that the Article 29 Working Party think is required might be something of a shock….
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Hargreaves Review Published
Digital Opportunity, the report from the review group chaired by Professor Ian Hargreaves, has now been published….