Category: privacy

July 2015 immigration update podcast – Free Movement

Posted September 7th, 2015 in appeals, children, delay, deportation, families, human rights, immigration, news, privacy, refugees, rehabilitation by sally

‘Welcome to the July 2015 edition of the Free Movement immigration update podcast. In this episode I start by talk about Sir Nicholas Winton then move on to discuss the huge delays in appeal hearing listings and some other tribunal news, cover some immigration rule issues including a brief overview of Statement of Changes HC 297 and then move onto a number of cases, including a review of Article 8 case law and some of the more interesting recent offerings from the tribunal. The material is drawn mainly from the July blog posts on Free Movement.’

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Free Movement, 7th September 2015

Source: www.freemovement.org.uk

London HIV clinic that revealed patients’ names faces legal action – The Guardian

Posted September 7th, 2015 in compensation, data protection, electronic mail, HIV, human rights, medical records, news, privacy by sally

‘The lawyer investigating claims on behalf of a number of patients whose identities were mistakenly revealed last week by an HIV clinic has said that it could face hundreds of legal claims.’

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The Guardian, 5th September 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Campaigners call for revenge porn victims to be given anonymity – The Guardian

Posted September 7th, 2015 in anonymity, consent, internet, news, pornography, privacy, sexual offences, victims by sally

‘Campaign groups have called on the government to grant anonymity to revenge porn victims amid concern publicity surrounding convictions only causes more people to search for explicit images.’

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The Guardian, 6th September 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Blindly Fumbling for Consent: PECR and Optical Express – Panopticon

Posted September 4th, 2015 in electronic commerce, electronic mail, enforcement, news, privacy by sally

‘PECR, long the runt of the information law litter, is beginning to take on a life of its own and, just as importantly, the ICO is beginning to really target spam texters and cold-callers. Recent changes to the enforcement provisions of PECR only assist in this task.’

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Panopticon, 3rd September 2015

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

No need to scour internet when assessing whether personal data is sensitive, UK tribunal rules – OUT-LAW.com

Posted September 2nd, 2015 in anonymity, codes of practice, data protection, disclosure, freedom of information, internet, news, privacy, public interest, tribunals by sally

‘Businesses are not expected to scour the internet and other sources to check whether there is any information that, when linked with personal data they hold, would mean the data they hold is in fact sensitive personal data, according to a new UK ruling.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 1st September 2015

Source: www.out-law.com

Google ordered to remove news links by UK authority – BBC News

Posted August 25th, 2015 in data protection, internet, news, privacy by sally

‘Google has been ordered to remove nine links to news stories by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under the “right to be forgotten”.’

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BBC News, 21st August 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Twitter ‘snooping’ requests double in UK – BBC News

Posted August 13th, 2015 in internet, investigatory powers, news, police, privacy, reports by sally

‘Requests for Twitter users’ personal information more than doubled in the UK in 2015, according to the company’s latest transparency report.’

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BBC News, 13th August 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Lord Janner child sex abuse charges: Making peer attend court would breach his human rights, lawyers argue – The Independent

Posted August 12th, 2015 in child abuse, Crown Prosecution Service, elderly, families, human rights, news, privacy, public interest, sexual offences by sally

‘Lord Janner should not appear in court to answer charges of child sex abuse because it would be a breach of his human rights, his lawyer has argued.’

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The Independent, 11th August 2015

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Dawson-Damer and others v Taylor Wessing LLP and others – WLR Daily

Posted August 12th, 2015 in confidentiality, data protection, disclosure, documents, interpretation, law reports, legal profession, privacy, privilege by sally

Dawson-Damer and others v Taylor Wessing LLP and others [2015] EWHC 2366 (Ch); [2015] WLR (D) 361

‘The purpose of section 7 of the Data Protection Act 1998 entitling an individual to have access to information in the form of his “personal data” was to enable him to check whether the data controller’s processing of it unlawfully infringed his privacy and, if so, to take such steps as the Act provided, to protect it. It was no part of its purpose to enable the individual to obtain discovery of documents that might assist him in litigation or complaints against third parties.’

WLR Daily, 6th August 2015

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

Consumer rights rules will not apply where personal data, not money, is exchanged for digital content – OUT-LAW.com

Posted August 12th, 2015 in consumer protection, contracts, data protection, EC law, internet, news, privacy by sally

‘Businesses selling or licensing digital content will not have to honour most “rights and remedies” that consumers will have under new UK consumer protection laws where those consumers exchange access to their personal data rather than money in return for that content, a UK regulator has said.’

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OUT-LAW.com, 7th August 2015

Source: www.out-law.com

Councils have lost or misused private data thousands of times, says watchdog – The Guardian

Posted August 11th, 2015 in data protection, local government, news, privacy, reports by sally

‘Sensitive personal information has been lost or stolen in thousands of data breaches by councils, according to a study by privacy campaign group Big Brother Watch.’

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The Guardian, 11th August 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Mental health background checks: new guidance issued by Home Office – The Guardian

Posted August 10th, 2015 in codes of practice, criminal records, data protection, detention, disclosure, mental health, news, privacy, vetting by sally

‘New guidelines to be issued by the Home Office will make clear the factors that must be considered before mental health crises are disclosed in background checks made on people applying to work with vulnerable groups.’

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The Guardian, 9th August 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Sportsman granted injunction over Sun story – The Guardian

Posted August 7th, 2015 in anonymity, injunctions, media, news, privacy, sport by tracey

‘A “prominent and successful” professional sportsman has been granted an injunction preventing a newspaper from publishing a story about his sexual relationship with a female celebrity.’

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The Guardian, 6th August 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

The Right to be Forgotten and the County Court – Panopticon

Posted August 3rd, 2015 in anonymity, data protection, fraud, human rights, internet, media, news, privacy, public interest by sally

‘The right to be forgotten is beginning to generate some litigation, albeit not yet with any blaze of glory. Following on from the attempt to judicially review the ICO for refusing to try and enforce an individual’s complaint that his data rights were being breached (see here), earlier this week a claimant failed to get his right to be forgotten claim to fly before the Nottingham County Court.’

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Panopticon, 31st July 2015

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Facebook, drag artists and data protection dilemmas: ‘if you stand on our pitch, you must play by our rules’ – Panopticon

Posted July 31st, 2015 in anonymity, data protection, internet, news, privacy by sally

‘Facebook is one of the main battlegrounds between privacy and other social goods such as safety and security.’
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Panopticon, 31st July 2015

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Man loses ‘right to be forgotten’ Google court bid – BBC News

Posted July 31st, 2015 in conspiracy, costs, data protection, EC law, fraud, human rights, injunctions, internet, media, news, privacy, public interest by sally

‘A man involved in a £51m VAT scam has lost a legal bid to have news stories about him removed from Google under the so-called “right to be forgotten”.’
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BBC News, 30th July 2015

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Man jailed after using explicit images of ex-wife in £2m blackmail bid – The Guardian

Posted July 29th, 2015 in blackmail, divorce, news, photography, privacy, sentencing, threatening behaviour by sally

‘A British man who married the daughter of an American billionaire has been jailed for 12 years after plotting to extort £2m from the family by posting sexually explicit photos of her online.’

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The Guardian, 28th July 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Britain told to review counter-terrorism powers by UN human rights committee – The Guardian

Posted July 24th, 2015 in detention, human rights, investigatory powers, news, privacy, terrorism, United Nations by sally

‘Britain should review its key counter-terrorism powers and revise laws on snooping by security services, a UN report has suggested.’

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The Guardian, 23rd July 2015

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Facebook, child protection and outsourced monitoring – Panopticon

Posted July 23rd, 2015 in children, data protection, internet, news, Northern Ireland, privacy by sally

‘Facebook is no stranger to complaints about the content of posts. Usually, one user complains to Facebook about what other users’ posts say about him. By making the offending posts available, Facebook is processing the complainant’s personal data, and must do so in compliance with data protection law.’
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Panopticon, 22nd Juyl 2015

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Former employee found guilty over Morrisons data theft – Crown Prosecution Service

Posted July 20th, 2015 in abuse of position of trust, computer crime, costs, data protection, disclosure, fraud, news, privacy, sentencing, theft by tracey

‘Andrew Skelton, a former employee of Morrisons supermarket has today (17 July) been found guilty of fraud, securing unauthorised access to computer material and disclosing personal data. He has been sentenced to eight years at Bradford Crown Court, in relation to stealing personal data belonging to nearly 100,000 Morrisons employees.’

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Crown Prosecution Service, 17th July 2015

Source: www.cps.gov.uk