The CJEU on GDPR: A summary of recent cases
An article summarising the latest GDPR developments in the CJEU.
Tag: information law
The Burden of Proving Inaccuracy in Right to be Forgotten Requests: CJEU Case C-460/20
An article about CJEU Case C-460/20 on the right to be forgotten: inaccuracy and thumbnails.
The Future for Data: New Legislation in Europe and the UK
A review of proposed data and technology legislation in Europe and the UK.
Bloomberg LP v ZXC [2022] UKSC 5: the Supreme Court rules on the privacy rights of criminal suspects
A landmark ruling about the privacy rights of criminal suspects in the UK.
PODCAST: DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY IN 2021
A podcast summarising developments in data protection and privacy in 2021
Lloyd v Google LLC [2021] UKSC 50: Group Litigation in Data Protection
A legal review of Lloyd v Google LLC [2021] UKSC 50 in the Supreme Court, a case involving group litigation in data protection claims.
R (Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police and Others [2019] EWHC 2341 (Admin): A summary (use of facial recognition technology (UK))
R (Bridges) v Chief Constable of South Wales Police and Others [2019] EWHC 2341 (Admin) To read the judgment click here. The High Court turned down an application for judicial review of the decision by South Wales Police to use automated facial recognition technology in a pilot project. The project involved the capture of digital […]
Lloyd v Google LLC [2019] EWCA Civ 1599: A summary (Group Litigation in UK Data Cases)
Lloyd v Google LLC [2019] EWCA Civ 1599 To read the judgment click here. The Court of Appeal has overturned the High Court’s decision, which had refused permission for Mr Richard Lloyd to serve proceedings on Google for the alleged secret collection of browser-generated information from Apple iPhone users. Mr Lloyd had brought the claim […]
ECJ case C-673/17 (Planet 49): A Summary (Consent in the use of cookies)
ECJ case C-673/17 (Planet 49) To read the judgment click here. In this case the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) was asked to consider a series of questions in relation to the use of pre-ticked checkboxes and cookies. It held the following: A pre-ticked checkbox, which a user must de-select to refuse […]
Balancing human and machine perspectives: what is the ‘public interest’ in the AI era?
By Tom Orrell & Melissa Stock Privacy law has never been a straightforward affair in England. Its development has been piecemeal over the past two centuries.[1] In fact the laws that govern information today are spread across multiple frameworks, including: libel (protecting reputation), data protection (rights over the processing of personal data), breach of confidence […]
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