Even Bigger Brother
Mark Weston reviews the new proposals for a major government database showing telephone calls, e-mails and online activities and looks at the development of the law in this area….
Privacy & Data Protection
Wanting It All: Unreasonable Subject Access Requests
Suzanne Rodway and Peter Church consider the Ezsias case and its implications for subject access requests….
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Data Security Breach Notification in the UK
Organisations that hold confidential information regarding their clients on computers are under no legal obligation to report the loss or theft of the data, warns David Ashmore…
When Worlds Collide – Virtual Property and Real World Legal Systems
This piece by Stephan Buck won the SCL Essay prize 2008. It is Stephan’s aproach to the official essay title ‘Virtual Properties and Virtual Economies: How should activities with economic consequences in virtual worlds like ‘Sec-ond Life’ and ‘Everquest’ be dealt with by real-world legal systems?’…
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Communications Data Bill: ICO Repeats Warning on Surveillance Society
The ICO has released a statement expressing concerns about the Government plans for a Communications Data Bill….
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Liability Clauses: Regus v Epcot
Paul Gershlick reports and comments on the important Court of Appeal ruling in Regus (UK) Ltd v Epcot Solutions Ltd. The Court of Appeal gave a cold reception to the idea of interfering with a liability clause…
Photographs, Privacy and Data Protection: The JK Rowling Appeal
The Court of Appeal judgment in David Murray v Big Pictures (UK) Ltd is now available and makes interesting reading for privacy and data protection specialists…
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EDPS and the ePrivacy Directive Review
The European Data Protection Supervisor has adopted an Opinion on the European Commission’s proposal for amendment of the ePrivacy Directive….
ICO Invites Tenders for Review of EU Law
The Information Commissioner’s Office is inviting tenders to carry out a study into the strengths and weaknesses of the EU Data Protection Law….
RePhormed ICO Statement
The ICO has amended and reissued its statement on Phorm so as to deal with a wider range of Phorm-related issues. The debate continues….