11 Apr, 2024 Beware of the GDPR: why oral references are not risk free By Tabitha Al-Mahdawie Many employers rely on oral references to assess the suitability of candidates for a job, but a recent court ruling has confirmed that...
19 Jul, 2023 Opening up AI: have the front-runners met(a) their match? By Markos Day Meta is set to become the latest tech giant to try and grab its piece of the artificial intelligence (AI) pie through its reported...
23 Jun, 2023 Data bridge over troubled water: agreement in principle to extend EU-US Privacy Shield 2.0 By Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra Rosie Duckworth On 8 June 2023, UK and US government officials announced that they had “committed in principle” to establishing a data bridge that would...
12 Jun, 2023 Representative action struck out given need for individualised assessment of each claim By Simon Day Fred Snowball The High Court has dismissed a claim against Google and its subsidiary DeepMind for damages for misuse of private information. Claim In...
01 Jun, 2023 Meta handed the largest fine in GDPR history for breach of international transfer provisions By Rosie Duckworth Fred Snowball Chris Akka Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra +1 more... Show less On 22 May 2023, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (the Irish DPC) announced that it is fining Meta (formerly known as Facebook) €1.2...
25 Apr, 2023 TikTok fined £12.7m for misusing children’s data By Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra The Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO) has recently concluded its investigation into Tiktok’s use of the personal data of...
06 Apr, 2023 “Likely to be accessed by children” – ICO seeks feedback on new draft guidance on the Children’s Code By Kazia Gagg Mark Cusack The Children’s Code (the Code) (which we covered in a previous article) applies to Information Society Service (ISS) providers whose...
27 Feb, 2023 Road blocks to Roblox? New data protection guidance for game developers By Cliodhna Ni Ghadhra Rosie Duckworth Last week, the Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO) published new guidance for video game developers on protecting children. This...
22 Feb, 2023 Meta successfully resists certification in data privacy collective action By Jennifer Reeves Simon Day Cameron Firth In an early victory for Meta, the Competition Appeal Tribunal has refused to certify a collective claim brought on behalf of some 45...
17 Jan, 2023 Cyber security recognised on World Economic Forum's Global Risk Report By Martha Campbell Tech risks, including cybercrime and digital inequality, have featured among the top long-term global risks identified in the World...
18 Oct, 2022 Where to? Criminal liability for concealing data breaches By Fred Snowball Francis Bond Uber’s former chief of security, Joe Sullivan, was found guilty recently of covering up a 2016 cyber-attack which affected 57m Uber...
11 May, 2022 Lloyd v Google: implications for funding mass data breach claims By Simon Day Fred Snowball Alex Evans In the third of our series on the Supreme Court’s decision in Lloyd v Google, we place the judgment in context and consider its...
10 Jan, 2022 Where next for mass “opt out” claims in England & Wales? By Simon Day Fred Snowball Michael Freedman In the second of our series on the Supreme Court’s judgment in Lloyd v Google, we examine the key implications of the judgment on the...
22 Nov, 2021 No claim for loss of control of personal data without financial damage or distress By Fred Snowball The Supreme Court has dismissed a claim by Richard Lloyd, a former director of Which?, against Google for unlawfully tracking the...
17 Aug, 2021 Failure to prevent a cyber attack is not negligence, breach of confidence or misuse of private information By Fred Snowball Notices of a potential data breach have become facts of life. For companies sending those notices, so have lengthy letters threatening a...
15 Apr, 2021 Supreme Court to consider collective action for "loss of control" of personal data By Fred Snowball On 28 and 29 April, the Supreme Court will hear argument in Lloyd v Google – a case with potentially wide ramifications for the scope of...