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July 2022
Welcome to the 13th issue of the monthly newsletter from the Data Protection and Information Law Team. Here we highlight recent decisions and developments in these fast-developing areas which permeate many legal disciplines. We hope this newsletter will be of interest and provide practical assistance to those working in this area of law. Please feel free to share it with others who might also do so.
In this issue:
The Data Reform Bill – evolution not revolution?
In June, the Government published its outline plans for the Data Reform Bill, the first major post-Brexit set of amendments to the Data Protection Act 2018...
GLO-ing in the dark – further challenges for data protection group litigation
In Bennett v Equifax Ltd [2022] EWHC 1487 (QB), Senior Master Fontaine was dealing with an application for a GLO covering individuals affected by a cyber attack and data breach in respect of personal data held by the credit reference agency Equifax...
Smith – another trip down the MPI warren
Saini J, who handed down the judgment in Warren v DSG Retail Limited [2021] EWHC 2168 (QB) which has become the much-quoted friend of Defendant lawyers, has confirmed in this new judgment that he stands by the decision...
Access to Communications Data
Liberty’s Claim against the Secretaries of State for the Home Department and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, challenging the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (“IPA”) from various angles, continues with judgment in the third stage of the judicial review...
Editors:
Aaron Moss specialises in data protection and information law and is ranked in both directories as a leading junior for Inquests and Inquiries.
John Goss is a specialist in data protection, information and public law. He acted in the lead case on confidentiality of asylum material in the Court of Appeal.
Members of 5 Essex Court regularly appear in courts and tribunals, including the Supreme Court, in some of the highest-profile cases involving data protection and information law. Current and recent cases include the first legal challenge in the world on the use of automatic facial recognition technology by the police, Sir Cliff Richard’s privacy claim against the BBC and the appeals brought by Privacy International concerning Covert Communications Data Capture devices.
