No images? Click here April 2022 Welcome to the April 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: Like taking candy from a baby The High Court has handed down an interesting judgment which continues a series of decisions holding that where Party A obtains unauthorised access to information held by Party B, Party B will not be held liable for the actions of Party A ... Google’s new approach to cookie consent In January of this year, the French data protection regulator, CNIL, announced that it was imposing a fine of €150 million on Google. This concerned the manner in which Google presented its tracking choices to users of google.fr, youtube.com and facebook.com ... Rip it up and start again? The European Commission and United States announce new trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework ...
Dudley v Philips [2022] EWHC 930 (QB) The Claimant was the subject of online publications created by the Defendant which accused the Claimant of fraud, financial incompetence and various forms of wrongdoing of a sexual nature ... Editors: Alan Payne QC is recognised as a leading silk specialising in public inquiries, inquests, police law, public law, data protection & information law and advisory work. He provides advice and representation to public and private organisations in relation to a wide range of issues concerning information law. Aaron Moss specialises in data protection and information law and is ranked in both directories as a leading junior for Inquests and Inquiries. 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. |