‘The confidentiality of NHS medical records has been thrown into doubt after a “stalker” hospital doctor accessed and shared highly sensitive information about a woman who had started dating her ex-boyfriend, despite not being involved in her care.’
The Guardian, 14th May 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (‘the Convention’) protects a person’s right to “respect for his private and family life, his home and his correspondence”, while article 10 protects the right to freedom of expression.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th May 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘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. Moreover, litigation by the Open Rights Group and the The3million challenging the UK data protection’s so-called “immigration exemption” (DPA 2018, Sch. 2, para. 4) has brought these areas together in a materially impactful way.’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 17th April 2023
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘The growing focus of regulators on ensuring children are safe to use online services has been brought into sharp focus with recent actions of the UK’s data protection authority, a technology law expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th April 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘TikTok has been fined £12.7m for illegally processing the data of 1.4 million children under 13 who were using its platform without parental consent, Britain’s data watchdog said.’
The Guardian, 4th April 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Britain’s data watchdog has issued a warning to tech firms about the use of people’s personal information to develop chatbots after concerns that the underlying technology is trained on large quantities of unfiltered material scraped from the web.’
The Guardian, 3rd April 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This Library Briefing gives an overview of data protection law and when Members of Parliament can share the personal information of constituents.’
House of Commons Library , 22nd March 2023
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘Draft legislation published by the UK government would significantly alter existing data protection law in the country if enacted but also closely resembles abandoned proposals that were introduced before the UK parliament last summer, according to experts at Pinsent Masons.’
OUT-LAW.com, 9th March 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Fresh proposals for data protection reform in the UK are to be unveiled by the UK government, with the existing Data Protection and Digital Information Bill before parliament set to be dumped, it is being reported.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd March 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘“Our justice system is years behind other public services like health and education in collecting and using data to understand performance and impact” says Natalie Byrom, director of research at the Legal Education Foundation (TLEF). “We need a fundamental shift in attitude and culture to ensure that changes are underpinned by solid evidence and that decision-makers are accountable to those who need the law most.”’
Transparency Project, 24th February 2023
Source: transparencyproject.org.uk
‘Senior government officials and lawtech specialists accept there is “meaningful” public concern about the use of data from the justice system, but often suggest the public does not “really understand the system”, a report has found.’
Legal Futures, 22nd February 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The UK government is proposing new powers for law enforcement agencies to tackle cybersecurity threats and online crimes, including the power to require data owners to preserve evidence pending a decision on whether a formal request for seizure of the data by an agency should be made to court.’
OUT-LAW.com, 16th February 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The UK Cabinet Office has opened a consultation on proposals for new legislation to enable and create a centralised digital ID gateway to online public services.’
OUT-LAW.com, 10th January 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Highly confidential documents from 14 schools have been leaked online by hackers, the BBC can reveal. One of those was Pates Grammar School in Gloucestershire, targeted by a hacking group called Vice Society.’
BBC News, 6th January 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A circumcision clinic failed to protect sensitive images of patients and check staff criminal records, a report says.’
BBC News, 6th January 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The right to be forgotten – remember that? It isn’t often the subject of litigation, in the UK at least: uncertainty about outcomes is probably a significant reason why parties usually opt not to put their disputes before the courts. Last week’s judgment of the Grand Chamber of the CJEU in TU and RE v Google LLC (Case C‑460/20) won’t remove uncertainty about judicial approaches to such cases, but it does shed helpful light on some common elements of disputes under Article 17 (UK) GDPR.’
Panopticon, 12th December 2022
Source: panopticonblog.com
‘Police unlawfully spied on children as young as 10 taking part in a climate strike protest in London, documents have shown.’
The Guardian, 5th December 2022
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In this first Judgment, the Court analysed powers granted by the Immigration Acts 1971 and 2016 and rejected the Defendant’s erroneous interpretation of the relevant statutory provisions. It then made consequential orders (also reported) including steps to publicise its ruling, given that over 400 phones, still held, could not be linked to any individual migrant.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st November 2022
Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com
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