In a keynote speech before the European Parliament in Brussels on 24 October 2018, Tim Cook CEO of Apple called for the implementation of a Federal privacy law, praising the Parliament for its implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”): Read the rest of this entry »
A regulatory Trojan horse: decrypting calls for a Federal consumer privacy law in the United States – Suneet Sharma
15 11 2018Comments : Leave a Comment »
Categories : Privacy, United States
Philip Green Injunction: is anonymity for celebrities really worth the potential backlash? – Ashley Hurst and Alex Vakil
4 11 2018
The disclosure by Lord Hain in Parliament that Sir Philip Green was the individual who had obtained an anonymous privacy injunction against the Telegraph has once again cast doubt on the effectiveness of such injunctions against the press. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Alex Vakil, Ashely Hurst
Categories : Freedom of expression, Injunction, Privacy
Lord Hain and Privilege: When power, wealth and abuse combine to subvert the rule of law – Paul Wragg
27 10 2018
Judges have their role to play, and Parliamentarians theirs, and “it is for the public to judge whether what I have done is right or wrong”, says Lord Peter Hain. Yet since Lord Hain chose to breach the court injunction issued by the Court of Appeal in ABC v Telegraph Group plc by hiding behind Parliamentary privilege, this is exactly what the public does not get to do. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Lord Hain, Paul Wragg
Categories : Injunction, Legal, Privacy
Spent Convictions: The Foibles of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act within the Context of Internet Permanence – Samuel McCann
14 10 2018
The shockwaves of a criminal conviction can be felt far beyond the conclusion of any sentence; the stigma of criminality often frustrates social interaction and employment long into the future. The prospect of being labelled a ‘criminal’ by the State can frequently be as great a source of consternation as the punishment itself. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Corker Binning, Rehabilitation of Offenders, Samuel McCann
Categories : Open Justice, Privacy
Case Law: Lloyd v Google, No compensation for Google data breaches – Rosalind English
13 10 2018
Most of us resignedly consent to the use of cookies in order to use internet sites, vaguely aware that these collect information about our browsing habits in order to target us with advertisements. It’s annoying, but does it do us any harm? That is the question that came up before Warby J in a preliminary application for a representative claim in the case of Lloyd v Google LLC [2018] EWHC 2599 (QB). Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Google, Representative Proceedings, Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog
Categories : Data Protection, Privacy, Social Media
Book: The Internet, Warts and All: Free Speech, Privacy and Truth – Paul Bernal
7 10 2018
My new book, the Internet, Warts and All was published in August. The subtitle – Free Speech, Privacy and Truth – gives and indication of its subject matter and scope: this is a wide-ranging, broad-brush book covering a great variety of different subjects, from some of the theoretical background to free speech, privacy and truth to specific subjects – there’s a chapter on surveillance, another on trolling, and one whose main subject is fake news. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Freedom of expression, Internet, Privacy
Privacy and public records: how to protect your personal information in an online age – Alicia Mendonca-Richards
4 10 2018
In this article we look at how to minimise the visibility of your personal information in online public records, without losing the benefits that online administration brings. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Alicia Mendonca-Richards, Farrer & Co
Categories : Data Protection, Privacy
