Focusing on the latest digital trends and risks and developments in the field of data protection, privacy, information and cyber law.
09 December 2019 Karishma Brahmbhatt
On 19 November 2019 the UK ICO held a follow-up to its Adtech Fact Finding Forum (held in March 2019). With several key adtech players having aired their concerns, challenges and frustrations back at the March forum, the mood at this latest event was markedly different. There was an air of acceptance that the status › Read More
Cyber and data breaches: the questions that always arise
22 November 2019 Lawson Caisley
When a company is the victim of a cyber attack or data breach, a number of crucial questions will have to be answered immediately. These include: Must we involve the police? Do we need to pursue urgent civil remedies for real protection? Can/should we pay a ransom? When do we report to regulators? When do › Read More
Online content and take down requirements- what are the boundaries?
14 November 2019 Emma Keeling
De-reference in the EU….. Last month we reported on the Google/CNIL judgment, where the Court of Justice of the European Union (the CJEU) ruled that Google was not necessarily required to de-reference personal data on all its search engine domains in order to comply with the right to be forgotten under the General Data Protection › Read More
Rules of the game? Digital political campaigning for the 2019 UK general election
14 November 2019 Maeve Hanna
Online campaigning played a pivotal role in the 2016 Brexit referendum and the 2017 UK general election and is set to do the same ahead of voters taking to the polls on 12 December 2019. In anticipation of the election, parties have been busy building their war chests, with the Conservatives raising more than £5 › Read More
Data ethics – navigating the spirit of the law
08 November 2019 Karishma Brahmbhatt
In a world awash with ever-increasing amounts of data and the technology to process it, data ethics is a topic that has come to the fore. In this podcast, data protection senior associate, Karishma Brahmbhatt, discusses how organisations can create the right data culture and why it is important that they do so. › Read More
Cookies consent does not escape the GDPR: CJEU issues decision in the Planet49 case
04 October 2019 Catherine di Lorenzo
On 1 October 2019, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its long-awaited decision in the case Planet49 (Case C 673/17). The decision clarifies the requirements for valid cookie consent under Directive 2002/58 (ePrivacy Directive). In particular, the CJEU rejects pre-ticked boxes as a means of providing valid consent to the use › Read More