‘The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been fined £350,000 over an email blunder that exposed details of interpreters fleeing Afghanistan.’
BBC News, 13th December 2023
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The NHS has been accused of “breaking the law” by creating a massive data platform that will share information about patients.’
The Guardian, 30th November 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Court of Appeal judges have refused permission to appeal in the latest court hearing of a high-profile defamation action brought by a Conservative Party donor against a former Tory MP.’
Law Society's Gazette, 23rd November 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘Having a bailiff take control of goods and sell them is a common method of enforcement a money judgment in England and Wales.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st November 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The UK’s data protection authority has lodged an appeal against a tribunal ruling that found it did not have the power to take enforcement action against facial recognition software developer Clearview AI.’
OUT-LAW.com, 21st November 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Article 15 of the UK GDPR gives a data subject the right to receive all their personal data that is held by a data controller, subject to certain exemptions (subject access). This right does not only include official documentation but also emails, comments and any other recorded discussions, whether they are professionally expressed or not.’
Law Society's Gazette, 31st October 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘The former NatWest chief executive breached data protection laws when she spoke to a BBC journalist about the planned closure of Nigel Farage’s bank accounts, the UK’s information watchdog has ruled.’
The Guardian, 25th October 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Forthcoming changes to the basis of UK data protection law, although likely to be of minor practical impact, nevertheless represent an important shift in the lens through which domestic data protection legislation is viewed.’
OUT-LAW.com, 4th October 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The information watchdog has warned employers that it will take action if their monitoring of employees oversteps the line.’
The Independent, 2nd October 2023
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A family law firm that disclosed personal data about a woman and children to her rapist ex-partner has been highlighted in a warning over how data breaches are putting domestic abuse victims’ lives at risk.’
Legal Futures, 28th September 2023
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Councils, police forces and hospitals are putting women’s lives at risk by accidentally disclosing domestic abuse victims’ addresses to perpetrators, the UK’s information watchdog has said.’
The Guardian, 27th September 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Businesses found to have breached UK data protection laws when falling victim to cyber attacks could receive lower fines in respect of those infringements if they engage appropriately with the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), under a new agreement forged by the NCSC and the UK’s data protection authority.’
OUT-LAW.com, 18th September 2023
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘The Ministry of Justice has been ordered to improve its systems after details of parties in an adoption process were leaked to the birth father. The data breach happened despite the court judge directing that the father be excluded from proceedings as he posed a risk to the family concerned.’
Law Society's Gazette, 11th September 2023
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘In recent news there have been reports of personal data breaches that have resulted from the release of information in response to a freedom of information request. Charlotte Smith looks at the issues involved.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th September 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘We’ve previously looked at the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill introduced under the Boris Johnson government. That Bill was paused and then withdrawn by Rishi Sunak’s administration, its replacement being the Data Protection and Digital Information (No.2) Bill, which commenced its journey through Parliament in March.’
Mills & Reeve, 6th September 2023
Source: www.mills-reeve.com
‘A claimant recently won a High Court damages claim against a London borough for misuse of personal data, with the council ordered to pay £6,000 in damages. Ibrahim Hasan explains why.’
Local Government Lawyer, 11th August 2023
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘Employers are increasingly using AI in recruitment and management. This briefing explores the employment law implications and proposals for regulatory reform.’
House of Commons Library , 11th August 2023
Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
‘Confidence in the UK’s electoral regulator has been thrown into question after it emerged a hostile cyber-attack accessing the data of 40 million voters went undetected for a year and the public was not told for another 10 months.’
The Guardian, 8th August 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK intelligence agencies are lobbying the government to weaken surveillance laws they argue place a “burdensome” limit on their ability to train artificial intelligence models with large amounts of personal data.’
The Guardian, 1st August 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
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