At the time of the consultation of the new regime for data protection fees, the maximum fee was floated as £1000. The draft fees regulations suggest a maximum fee of £2900. Laurence Eastham bemoans his ignorance of the process that led to a leap that would leave Jonathan Edwards in awe…
The European Commission has published its recommendation on operational measures to tackle illegal content online…
Gwynneth Tan and Michael Briggs consider decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, which recently held that covert CCTV infringed a worker’s right to a private life. A previous decision of the same court permitted use of covert CCTV. They ask where employers stand…
Laurence Eastham reviews this issue and some of the matters that we will be covering in the future…
The draft of this crucial statutory instrument is now available online and aims to have effect from ‘GDPR day’, 25 May…
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Natasha Bougourd warns of a new level of danger as the GDPR gives the baddies a new tool to play with…
Laurence Eastham thinks that two pre-trial judgments from the High Court concerning the right to be forgotten lead us towards a strange conundrum…
Mark Deem recounts the Morrisons tale of woe and considers its implications…
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The Article 29 Working Party has published new and revised guidelines…
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The SCL Chair, Mark O’Conor, discusses SCL’s strategic objectives for the next five years and looks forward to the Society’s 50th anniversary…