The EU Commission has published guidance on transfers of personal data following the Schrems judgment of the CJEU…
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In Praise of Theresa May
Laurence Eastham lauds the Home Secretary for creating a special opportunity and encourages tech lawyers to take up a burden…
The Penalty Spot: The ParkingEye and Cavendish Square Holding BV Decisions
Helen Hart and Jon English report on the Supreme Court judgment and consider its implications for IT lawyers…
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Monetary Penalty for CPS
The ICO has given details of its latest monetary penalty…
Investigatory Powers Bill
The long awaited Bill has now been published…
A Quick Overview of the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill
Neil Brown’s overview comes with a ‘health warning’: this is based on a very quick review of the draft bill and recollections of discussions from consultation meetings on this issue. Let him know what he’s got wrong(!) at draft_IP_bill@neilzone.co.uk.
Neil offers this article as ‘food for thought’ and to help discussion. It is based on what he found interesting. It is of course neither complete nor legal advice and was written in his personal capacity….
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Editorial
Case law changes and the GDPR The CJEU judgment in Case C-362/14 Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner came very late in the course of preparation for this issue. But so much was said about it so quickly that it would have been possible to have covered it in an article. I felt that the…
CPD Online: October/November 2015 Edition of Computers & Law
Questions arising from the October/November 2015 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC36 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
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Cases Round-up
Data Exchange between Administrative Bodies Needs Notice The CJEU has given judgment in Case C-201/14 Smaranda Bara and Others v Presedintele Casei Nationale de Asigurari de Sanatate and Others. It held that, where personal data is subject to transfer and processing between public administrative bodies, the data subject must be informed in advance. Facts Ms…
Modern Slavery: Guidance on Publishing Statements on Websites
The Home Office has produced a practical guide to help organisations that have obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2015…
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