Joe Knox
Winston & Strawn LLP
Articles
EU Decision Leaves UK “Snooper’s Charter” in Limbo
European Union, United Kingdom - January 24 2017 The EU’s highest court recently ruled that the “general and indiscriminate” retention of communications and location data by governments is illegal…
ICO Begins GDPR Profiling Discussion
United Kingdom - April 25 2017 The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently published initial thoughts on some of the new profiling provisions in the General Data…
ICO Issues Nuisance Calls Warning and Fines
United Kingdom - August 30 2017 The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently issued fines totalling £150,000 to two firms engaged in marketing calls to people registered…
ICO Issues Record Fine for Nuisance Calls
United Kingdom - June 5 2017 The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) recently fined a company that made automated calls £400,000. The company in receipt of the record fine…
UK Surveillance Bill Passes, Dubbed “Snooper’s Charter”
United Kingdom - December 20 2016 A highly controversial UK surveillance bill dubbed the “Snooper’s Charter” recently received Royal Assent, formally becoming law in the process. The…
