Section 179 of the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 places the Secretary of State under a duty to ensure that a Report is “la[id] before Parliament” on both the “use” and “effectiveness” of “relevant alternative dispute resolution procedures” in cases involving actual or alleged failures by media organisations, other than broadcasters, “to comply with the data protection legislation”. Continue reading
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Category: Data Protection (Page 2 of 38)
This year, 2024 was billed to be the year of the first ‘robust and comprehensive’ UK statutory review of the extent of journalism’s compliance with data protection law and good practice, a formal appraisal which was (and is) meant to become a clear ‘part of the media landscape’ as reformed by the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 in the wake of the general/first part of the Leveson Inquiry. Continue reading
This blog explores figures from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on its privacy and data protection enforcement in 2023-24 which not only remain concerningly low but are also troublingly inconsistent. Continue reading
On 3 July 2024 HHJ Parkes KC handed down judgment on a strike out application in Pacini & Anor v Dow Jones & Co Inc [2024] EWHC 1709 (KB). The case will be of interest to anyone thinking about the complex relationship between defamation, privacy and data protection in English law. Continue reading
In recent days, both Ticketek Australia and Ticketmaster have experienced breaches which have exposed customer details to hackers. They join a growing list of high-profile data breaches that have put the privacy of millions at risk. Continue reading
The Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam announces the 11th edition of the Annual IViR Summer Course on Privacy Law and Policy. The course will extend over a five-day period from July 1 to 5, 2024, at de Burcht, a historic building in the center of Amsterdam. Continue reading
On Friday 22 March 2022, Cambridge’s Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law (CIPIL) is holding a Spring Conference on the topic of Data Protection Reform. Continue reading
On 22 February 2024, it became law that the press must comply with the Information Commissioner’s Office’s journalism code of practice or else face sanctions for its breach. This event has gone unnoticed, largely, but for those of us interested in securing access for justice against press malpractice it represents a major development. For, in principle at least, victims now have a cost-effective means of securing that justice through independent press regulation, just as Lord Justice Leveson envisaged. Continue reading
On 1 February 2024, Mrs Justice Steyn handed down judgment in Trump v Orbis Business Intelligence Limited [2024] EWHC 13 (KB) – denying the former US President’s amendment application and granting Orbis’s strike out / summary judgment application over the remainder of the claim. Continue reading
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