‘In the age of the internet, privacy is an important and controversial issue. But what do privacy rights mean for children? RightsInfo takes a look.’
Rights Info, 15th June 2018
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘A police force has been hit with an £80,000 monetary penalty by the Information Commissioner’s Office after it sent a bulk email that identified victims of non-recent child abuse.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th June 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘A police force has been fined and heavily criticised for sending out a bulk email that identified victims of historical child abuse. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said the error by Gloucestershire police was likely to have caused “substantial distress” to alleged abuse victims, some of whom were legally entitled to lifelong anonymity.’
The Guardian, 14th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A branch of GCHQ, Britain’s intelligence and security service, is investigating one of the UK’s biggest data breaches at a single firm, involving unauthorised access to 5.9 million Dixons Carphone customers’ cards. The National Cyber Security Centre said it was working alongside the retailer and other agencies after the attack, which also involved unauthorised access to 1.2m personal records of Dixons Carphone customers.’
The Guardian, 13th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Bible Society has been fined £100,000 over computer security failings that allowed hackers to access the personal details of more than 400,000 mainly Christian backers.’
Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2018
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Some TSB customers receiving letters acknowledging a complaint over the recent IT meltdown have also been sent other customers’ details.’
BBC News, June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on Friday 25 May 2018. Ironically, a law designed to protect peoples’ privacy in a digital age has unleashed a torrent of spam emails.’
Law Society's Gazette, 4th June 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Forthright tabloid press coverage of an immigrant family’s decision to turn down an offer of a five-bedroom local authority house as too cramped for eight children was not defamatory, the presiding judge of the Media and Communications Bench ruled. However Mr Justice Warby allowed a complaint about readers’ comments to go ahead on the grounds of harassment.’
Law Society's Gazette, 29th May 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘New UK data protection laws have been finalised.’
OUT-LAW.com, 25th May 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘You could be forgiven for thinking that Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a law created to fill your inbox with identikit warnings from every company you have ever interacted with online that “the privacy policy has changed” and pleas to “just click here so we can stay in touch”.’
The Guardian, 21st May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Google is being sued in the high court for as much as £3.2bn for the alleged “clandestine tracking and collation” of personal information from 4.4 million iPhone users in the UK.’
The Guardian, 21st May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The culture secretary has agreed he does not have enough power to police social media firms after admitting only four of 14 invited to talks showed up.’
BBC News, 20th May 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Needless to say, group actions for data protection breaches will generally be shaped by financial considerations. Those are partly about compensation, but also about costs. To make it worthwhile, claimants need not only to win and be awarded compensation, but also to get their costs covered, or at least not have their costs eat too far into their compensation. On this issue, today’s costs judgment in the Morrisons litigation is novel, interesting and instructive in practice.’
Panopticon, 16th May 2018
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘The introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will only increase the appetite for group or representative action for data breaches, a QC has claimed.’
Litigation Futures, 16th May 2018
Source: www.litigationfutures.com
‘Openness and Privacy in Family Proceedings. Sir Nicholas Wall Memorial Lecture 2018, Gray’s Inn, London. Lady Hale, President of The Supreme Court.’
Supreme Court, 15th May 2018
Source: www.supremecourt.uk
‘The Chief Planner has written to local planning authorities (LPAs) to remind them of the importance of complying with their data protection responsibilities when they exercise their planning functions.’
Local Government Lawyer, 15th May 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘New cybersecurity laws impacting organisations across central sectors of the economy have taken effect around Europe.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th May 2018
Source: www.out-law.com
‘The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a consultation on the way it plans to regulate new data protection laws.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th May 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
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