‘The Competition Appeal Tribunal’s (CAT) approval of a second opt-out collective action is likely to open the floodgates to more applications, it has been claimed.’
Legal Futures, 4th October 2021
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Almost 2.5 million BT customers could receive up to £500 each after a tribunal approved an attempt to launch a class action against the telecoms company over claims it overcharged them for their landline telephone services.’
The Guardian, 28th September 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A foot fetishist who made more than a thousand calls to the NHS’s 111 service to ask the call handlers about their feet has been convicted and fined.’
The Independent, 14th September 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan Police commissioner has accused tech giants of making it harder to identify and stop terrorists.’
BBC News, 12th September 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A police officer who sent an offensive meme depicting the arrest of George Floyd to a WhatsApp group of colleagues has avoided losing his job.’
The Guardian, August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Metropolitan Police are waging a legal battle over the sacking of a senior officer who was convicted of possessing a child abuse video. Superintendent Novlett Robyn Williams successfully appealed against the decision to dismiss her earlier this year and was reinstated as a police officer.’
The Independent, 4th August 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An Instagram post by TV star Lauren Goodger has been banned because she didn’t clearly mark it as an advert.’
BBC News, 4th August 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The Metropolitan police want go to the high court to insist it was correct in its decision to sack a decorated black officer after she was found with a child abuse video, sent to her on WhatsApp, on her phone.’
The Guardian, 4th August 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The Pegasus Project is an international collaborative reporting project led by the French nonprofit organisations Forbidden Stories and Amnesty International, in conjunction with 16 media outlets worldwide, including The Guardian. Journalists worked to uncover the extent to which governments infringed upon the privacy rights of individuals by surveilling their digital devices for years.’
Each Other, 22nd July 2021
Source: eachother.org.uk
‘The government has admitted it put disabled benefit claimants under pressure to accept lower welfare support than they were legally entitled to.’
The Independent, 14th July 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The High Court in London has decided in favour of Optis Cellular Technology in a dispute over the validity of one of its telecommunications network patents and one that was said to be essential to the long-term evolution (LTE) network standard.’
OUT-LAW.com, 12th July 2021
Source: www.pinsentmasons.com
‘Proposals for England and Wales mean people who claim to have been raped will still face pressure to hand over their phones to police and prosecutors, says the victims’ commissioner.’
BBC News, 17th July 2021
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The UK spy agency GCHQ’s methods for bulk interception of online communications violated the right to privacy and the regime for collection of data was unlawful, the grand chamber of the European court of human rights has ruled.’
The Guardian, 25th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘A legal bid has been launched to stop Boris Johnson and his ministers from deleting WhatsApp messages and other communications that would shed light on how they took decisions during the pandemic.’
The Independent, 23rd May 2021
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A COVID-19 fraudster has been jailed today (19 May 2021) for using fake digital messages to trick people into providing bank details to receive a vaccine.’
Crown Prosecution Service, 19th May 2021
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
‘Apple is facing a demand for billions of pounds of consumer compensation in a British lawsuit that accuses the company of overcharging users by up to 30% on its App Store.’
The Guardian, 11th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The UK’s cybersecurity agency has taken down more scams in the last year than in the previous three years combined, with coronavirus and NHS-themed cybercrime fuelling the increase.’
The Guardian, 5th May 2021
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Older drinkers are at risk of discrimination in pubs because they do not have smartphones to order food and drinks on an app, a charity has warned.’
Daily Telegraph, 13th April 2021
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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