The general election 2019: are our new data protection laws working?

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The general election 2019: are our new data protection laws working?

Posted on December 6, 2019

By Jon Belcher As I write, the 2019 general election campaign is in full swing. There’s no doubt that this will be an election fought largely online and that data, including personal data, will play an increasingly important role. This is the first general election since the major reforms of …

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CCPA In-Depth Series: Draft Attorney General Regulations on Consumer Notice

Posted on November 22, 2019

By ALAN CHARLES RAUL, COLLEEN THERESA BROWN, CHRISTOPHER FONZONE AND SHERI PORATH ROCKWELL This post is the first in a three part series taking a deep dive into the five key articles of the Attorney General’s CCPA draft regulations: Article 2 on Notice to Consumers; Article 3 on Business Practices for Handling Consumer Requests; …

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UK – US ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE TREATY: ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK?

Posted on November 6, 2019

By Michael Drury and Julian Hayes Hailed as a a major breakthrough in the battle against organised crime, terrorism and child abuse, in early October the UK signed a ground-breaking bilateral agreement with the US government to obtain data faster from tech companies such as Facebook and Google. Michael Drury …

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#Privacy: Proceed with caution – the ICO opinion of facial recognition technology

Posted on November 5, 2019

By Michael Drury & Julian Hayes, partners at BCL Solicitors LLP Ahead of an upcoming appeal against the High Court ruling permitting police use of facial recognition technology (FRT), the Information Commissioner on 31 October published her first ever official opinion under the Data Protection Act. Coming from the UK’s respected data supervisor, the …

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What do I need to know about Subject Access Requests?

Posted on October 30, 2019

By Dominic Walker, solicitor at JMW Solicitors’ Media and Entertainment Department on Data Law matters and data rights for individuals. When the Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham released the organisation’s annual report in the summer, it came as no surprise to see that the highest number of complaints – 38 per …

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California Attorney General Releases Proposed CCPA Regulations

Posted on October 22, 2019

Recently, the California Attorney General ended months of anticipation by releasing the text of his proposed California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations. Comments on the proposed regulations are due by December 6, 2019, and the Attorney General’s office will hold public hearings on the regulations on December 2 (Sacramento), December 3 (Los Angeles), December …

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The public sector’s weak digital strategy is threatening society – how can this be changed?

Posted on October 17, 2019

By Martin Schallbruch, Deputy Director of ESMT Berlin’s Digital Society Institute. In May 2018, the EU implemented General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), forcing all EU companies to demand consent from all their customers and business partners. The consequences of not doing so, would be for these companies to face huge …

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Is the political knee-jerk to FRT justified?

Posted on October 16, 2019

By Michael Drury & Julian Hayes Following the call by an All-Party committee of MP’s for a moratorium on the use of FRT, Julian Hayes and Michael Drury, partners in the Privacy & Data Protection Group at BCL Solicitors, analyse the development of a proper legal framework to govern the …

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