New regulations on accessibility have been published but do not have effect until September…
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Google Fine for Android Dominance Actions
The EU Commission has fined Google €4.34 billion ‘for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google’s search engine’…
Door-to-door Preaching and Classification as a Data Controller
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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Time to get Technical? Revolutionizing the (Deplorable?) System of Internet Governance
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….
ICO intends to fine Facebook £500,000 and calls for statutory Code of Practice to regulate use of personal information in political campaigning
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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Mixed Data in the Court of Appeal
Rupert Paines from 11KBW analyses the Court of Appeal’s judgment in DB v GMC…
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…
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…