As the restrictions begin to be eased across the UK, the current hot topic is the introduction of ‘Covid vaccine passports’ – certificates showing the status of an individual’s vaccination (and potentially of their latest tests or their immunity status). Continue reading
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Category: Data Protection (Page 1 of 31)
While Article 30 of the European Union Data Protection Regulation (hereinafter ‘GDPR’) is often talked about for its obligations of keeping records of processing, not much attention is paid to the exemption it provides to small organizations. The provision provides an exemption from record-keeping obligations under GDPR to organizations having an employee strength of less than 250. Continue reading
After years of uncertainty, the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement finally establishes a basis for future relations. Personal data governance was an important part of the negotiations and the Agreement includes a number of provisions in this area. Continue reading
The decision of Mr Justice Jay in Soriano v Forensic News LLC [2021] EWHC 56 (QB) is interesting in a number of respects but in particular for its analysis of the circumstances in which the GDPR will apply to a publisher (or indeed any data controller/processor) based outside of the EU. Continue reading
The inception of the General Data Protection Regulation (‘GDPR’) in May 2018 has made it easier for individuals within the UK and the EU (and sometimes those based elsewhere) to assert their data protection rights to object to the inclusion of false or outdated information about them in risk/compliance databases. Continue reading
Seven years ago I started to take an annual look at what the coming year might hold for internet law in the UK. This exercise has always, perforce, included EU law. With Brexit now fully upon us future developments in EU law will no longer form part of UK law. Continue reading
Inforrm covered a wide range of data protection and privacy cases in 2020. Following the widely read posts in 2018 and 2019 here is my selection of most notable privacy and data protection cases from 2020: Continue reading
The GDPR came into force on 25 May 2018. These fines can be up to €10 million or in the case of an undertaking, up to 2 % of the total worldwide annual turnover of the preceding financial year whichever is the higher. Continue reading
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) this week proposed a new regulatory framework for digital competition which offers a tantalising insight into current UK thinking on tech regulation. Does the prospect of a new Digital Markets Unit with tough new rules for the biggest companies mean that tech giants are finally going to be obliged to serve our interests rather than the other way around? Continue reading
On 30 October 2020 Mr Justice Warby handed down the much anticipated judgment in Gubarev v Orbis Business Intelligence Ltd [2020] EWHC 2912 (QB). The Claimants brought a claim for libel arising out of the publication by Buzzfeed of the so-called “Trump Dossier”. Continue reading
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