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Lexology PRO | United Kingdom | 8 Jun 2021
UK delays new public health database
Facing opposition by privacy activists, the UK’s government has postponed the creation of a centralised patient medical information database.
Bird & Bird LLP | United Kingdom | 16 Dec 2020
Aven & Others v Orbis: Defamation meets Data Protection
This summer, the UK High Court handed down judgment in a case which significantly blurred the lines between defamation and data protection law. This…
Bird & Bird LLP | United Kingdom | 13 Nov 2020
Aven v Orbis: blurring the lines between defamation and data protection claims
Aven v Orbis… for anyone who’s finished Netflix and turned their attention instead to watching the High Court’s Media & Communications List like a…
RPC | United Kingdom | 12 Nov 2020
Damages for distress for failing to verify personal data
Can damages be awarded as compensation for distress arising from a Defendant’s failure to take reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy of personal…
PRO Compliance | Canada, Global, United Kingdom, etc. | 2 Nov 2020
Cambridge Analytica class action filed in the UK
A campaigner has sued Facebook on behalf of a million English and Welsh residents allegedly affected by the Cambridge Analytica data leak.
Brodies LLP | United Kingdom | 28 Aug 2020
Automated facial recognition: a controversial future tool for fighting crime
The use of automated facial recognition (AFR) is welcomed by some as technology that assists in the prevention and detection of crime and objected to…
Osborne Clarke | United Kingdom | 24 Aug 2020
Appeals court hands down the UK’s first judgment on automated facial recognition
Ruling that the use of automated facial recognition by the South Wales Police was unlawful has broader significance for businesses and organisations…
RPC | United Kingdom | 7 Aug 2020
Data regulation and oral communications
Are oral communications caught by the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA)…
ParrisWhittaker | Bahamas, United Kingdom | 30 Apr 2020
Are beneficiaries entitled to protection under the Data Protection Act?
In the recent development of the UK case Dawson-Damer v Taylor Wessing, the Court of Appeal discussed the rights of beneficiaries to access their…
Kingsley Napley | United Kingdom | 16 Apr 2020
Google granted permission to appeal landmark action in the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has recently granted Google permission to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision in Lloyd v Google [2019] EWCA Civ 1599. In summary…
