Product Review: Gemini – the Psion 2.0!
Dr W Kuan Hon has a new gadget and she loves it…
Dr W Kuan Hon has a new gadget and she loves it…
In a first interim report in its Disinformation and ‘fake news’ inquiry, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has issued a series of stark warnings and made a series of recommendations….
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Dr W Kuan Hon explains the impact of the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018…
The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 bring into force provisions in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 relating to bulk acquisition warrants and bulk personal datasets and, to the extent not already commenced, provisions relating to the retention of communications data….
The IPT has given its latest judgment in the case of Privacy International v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Laurence Eastham thinks it is depressing….
Read More… from The Investigatory Powers Tribunal, Bulk Data Collection and Despair
There is a widely held view that blockchain and the GDPR may be incompatible. Ben Gibson suggests an approach that would increase privacy protection by virtue of the use of zero-knowledge protocols in the context of distributed ledger technology…
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The National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, has published a report highlighting the threats to law firms and offering guidance on combating the threats…
The Court of Justice of the European Union has held that a religious community, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, is a controller, jointly with its members who engage in preaching, for the processing of personal data carried out by the latter in the context of door-to-door preaching. The case does, however, have wider impact, beyond such religious communities….
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This entry to the SCL Student Essay Prize earned Viraj Ananth the runner-up spot. It is a challenging and original take on the set question, which concerned the relative importance of law and ISP action in enforcement on the Internet….
Notice of intent and recommendations published in the light of preliminary findings in the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica investigation…