Where is the ePrivacy Regulation?
Debbie Heywood provides a timely update on the progress of the ePrivacy Regulation and considers whether the latest draft differs from the current state of play in terms of cookies and direct marketing….
Privacy & Data Protection
Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendment) Regulations 2018
In force from 17th December 2018…
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New Encryption guidance published by the ICO
Plain English Guidance aims to help organisations understand the benefits of encryption…
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Singapore’s national identity cards & data protection: Updated guidelines
Darren Grayson Chng, our Singapore correspondent, reports on recently updated guidelines in Singapore clarifying how Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act applies to national identification documents….
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Met Police’s use of gang member intelligence gathering database breaches DPA 1998
The ICO has issued an Enforcement Notice after concerns raised by Amnesty International…
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The Withdrawal Agreement: What might it mean for data protection?
Christopher Knight, of 11KBW, provides an instant look at what the proposed Withdrawal Agreement may mean for data protection and privacy regulation. First published on the Panopticon blog….
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Brexit: EU Communication covering Personal Data
The various EU bodies have issued a ‘Communication’, Preparing for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 30 March 2019: a Contingency Action Plan, which inter alia covers personal data…
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ICO’s Computer Misuse Act Prosecution
A six-month prison sentence has been imposed on a motor industry employee following the first Computer Misuse Act prosecution by the ICO…
ICO Report on its Investigation into the Use of Data Analytics in Political Campaigns
The ICO’s wide-ranging updating report to Parliament, including coverage of the data protection aspects of the actions of Cambridge Analytica, Aggregate IQ, Facebook and Leave.EU, has been published…
Managing Data Breaches – Notification and Risk Management
In the last from our Tech Law Masterclass series, Nigel Miller provides a guide to the provisions of the GDPR that are most relevant when a data breach is believed to have occurred…
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