Notice of intent and recommendations published in the light of preliminary findings in the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica investigation…
SCL Student Essay Prize Winning Entry: Is Law or ISP Action Key to Internet Enforcement?
This is the essay which won the SCL Student Essay Prize for 2018 for Alvin Cheung on the set topic ‘Are state legislation and case law, or Internet Service Provider action, more important to the enforcement of rules on Internet users? Discuss with respect to key internet platforms’ Terms of Service and privacy policies.’…
Data Adequacy after Brexit: Commons Select Committee Report
The Exiting the European Union Committee has published its report on data flows and data protection after Brexit….
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News Archives and the Right to be Forgotten
According to the European Court of Human Rights, on the particular facts, the public’s right to access archived material online took precedence over the right of convicted persons to be forgotten…
Mixed Data in the Court of Appeal
Rupert Paines from 11KBW analyses the Court of Appeal’s judgment in DB v GMC…
Automated Decisions Based on Profiling: Information, Explanation or Justification –that’s the Question!
Prof. Lokke Moerel and Marijn Storm join and considerably enhance the debate on the rights and duties that arise in law where automated decisions are made…
Data Protection Subject Access Request and Mixed Personal Data
The Court of Appeal has given judgment on a case concerning an expert report to the GMC on medical treatment which contained personal data of both the doctor and the patient…
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SCL Student Essay Prize Winner Announced
The winner of this year’s SCL Student Essay Prize is Alvin Cheung. The runner-up is Viraj Ananth….
Editorial June/July 2018
Laurence Eastham picks out, and at, some themes from this issue…
Data Protection Charges: Review of Exemptions
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport is holding a public consultation as part of a review of the exemptions from paying charges to the Information Commissioner’s Office…
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