Apple recently released a statement on its development of automated assistant Siri’s privacy protections. The result is a move towards doing everything right in safeguarding consumer privacy. When compared to Amazon’s protections for its Alexa service market shifts and best practice become clear, making for better adherence to the seven data protection principles underpinning the GDPR. Read the rest of this entry »
Voice command data and privacy protection, Part 1: Amazon Echo’s Alexa – Suneet Sharma
12 09 2019
The increasing encroachment of audio-activated devices into our personal lives presents unique privacy challenges. Recent events have prompted the review of how audio-activated devices collect, store, transmit and use data, prompting concern and highlighting a number of long term lessons to be learned. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Privacy, Social Media
Case Law: R (Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police: The use of facial recognition software by the police is lawful – Suneet Sharma
6 09 2019
On 4 September 2019 the Administrative Court (Haddon-Cave LJ and Swift J) handed down judgment in the case of R (Bridges) v Chief Constable of the South Wales Police [2019] EWHC 2341 (Admin). The Court held that it was lawful for the police to use automated facial recognition software (“AFR”). Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Caselaw, Data Protection, Privacy
Law and Media Summer Round Up – 4 September 2019
4 09 2019
The Media and Communications List has become a Specialist List, with the significant implementation of Civil Procedure Rule 53 along with a new Practice Direction and Pre-Action Protocol. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Legal, Media
Tackling hate speech: Intersecting approaches and the Raheem Stirling case – Suneet Sharma
24 08 2019
The case of footballer Raheem Stirling provides an avenue into the oft-overlooked issue of hate speech prevention and deterrence. The Stirling case provides an opportunity to consider the adequacy of English law in tackling hate speech, a nuanced and increasingly difficult to isolate issue. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Freedom of expression, Legal, Social Media
The privacy implications of using facial recognition software – Suneet Sharma
21 08 2019
The use of facial recognition software (“FRS”) in security and monitoring was thrust into the spotlight by the London Mayor Sadiq Khan, taking issue with a London developer over its installation in a King’s Cross site. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Data Protection, Privacy
Top 10 Defamation Cases of 2018: a selection – Suneet Sharma
4 01 2019
Inforrm reported on a large number of defamation cases from around the world in 2018. Following the widely read post on 2017 cases, this is my selection of the most legally and factually interesting cases from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States and England from the past year. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Inforrm, Libel
A brief introduction to the concept of privacy under English law, Part III – Suneet Sharma
28 12 2018
From the landmark case of Campbell and the development of breach of privacy as an action, it is clear that the integration of privacy as a concept in English law is still in its formative years. In Part III we consider some of the significant cases post-Campbell to date, bringing into relief key issues and developments in privacy law, many of which are ongoing or merit further consideration by the courts. Read the rest of this entry »
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Imperfect solutions for access to justice -success fees are no longer recoverable in English defamation and privacy cases – Suneet Sharma
12 12 2018
On 29 November 2018, the Government published its response to the 2013 consultation on costs protection in defamation and privacy claims. In particular, the written statement by the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice summarizes the amendments to costs provisions, raising access to justice concerns. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Legal, Libel
A brief introduction to the concept of privacy under English law, Part II – Suneet Sharma
4 12 2018
In Part II we consider the legislative framework under English law which enshrined privacy and the recent development of the action for misuse of private information, which underpinned as privacy as a value. Read the rest of this entry »
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