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Have you signed up to an online service for a free trial, decided it isn’t for you, but still ended up paying for it months – or even years – later? Or tried cancelling a subscription, and found yourself giving up during the painstaking process? If so, there’s a good chance you have encountered a “dark pattern”. Continue reading
In a recent blog post I reported that several police forces in the UK had made headline news because of failures to comply with requirements of the UK GDPR when preparing responses to requests for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Continue reading
In recent weeks four police forces in the UK have made headline news because of failures to comply with requirements of the UK GDPR when preparing to respond to requests for information made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Continue reading
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is the UK’s ‘supervisory authority’, as required by the Data Protection Directive (Directive 95/46/EC) (superseded by the EU General Data Protection Regulation and later the UK General Data Protection Regulation) on all matters concerning personal data. Continue reading
On 4 May 2023 the CJEU handed down judgment in the Österreichische Post case, ruling that mere infringement of the GDPR is not itself sufficient to confer a right to compensation; and that material or non-material damage is required. Continue reading
It has been five years since My Clean Slate launched its “delisting service”, trying to repair people’s online reputations. Over that time it has dealt with hundreds of clients. What are the lessons? One clear lesson is perseverance. Continue reading
The figures for new claims issued in the Media and Communications List of the Queen’s Bench Division (“the M&C List”) continue to show substantial annual variations. According to data derived from HM Courts and Tribunals E-Filing Service a total of 202 new claims were issued in 2022, a 64% decrease on 2021 when a total of 564 new claims were issued. That was, itself, a 50% increase on the number of claims issued in 2020 (373). Continue reading
With both the Illegal Migration Bill and the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill currently before Parliament, it is clear that both immigration control and data protection are high on the UK political agenda. Both areas have also been prominent before the courts. Continue reading
Some readers may recall that in June 2018 the Court of Justice issued a press release, to the effect that, in keeping with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Court had taken the following decision: Continue reading
The recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the case of TU, RE v Google LLC ([2022] EUECJ C-460/20) answered two questions referred to it by the German court regarding the delisting of results generated by search engines on the basis that they contain inaccurate information. Continue reading
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