Keeping Up Appearances: US States Turn Their Backs On Facial Recognition Technology
Multiple US cities have banned the use of facial recognition technology by their law enforcement departments.
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April 4, 2021
Health is Wealth: NHS faces legal challenge over Palantir data deal
The NHS is being taken to court by openDemocracy over a £23.5m contract with Palantir, the controversial Silicon Valley data-gathering and analytics company.
March 11, 2021
For Your Eyes Only: Email attachments excluded from client privilege
The legal professional privilege which applies in email correspondence does not extend to the attachments included in those emails. This has effectively been confirmed by the Supreme Court’s refusal to grant leave to appeal in Frasers Group Plc (formerly Sports Direct International plc) v The Financial Reporting Council Ltd [2020] EWCA Civ 177.
February 13, 2021
Under The Radar: EU data law row threatens child abuse investigations
Amidst the European Parliament’s regulatory crackdown on data collection and online monitoring, global internet firms risk being prohibited from automatically detecting child abuse imagery posted to their platforms.
December 23, 2020
Not All Plane Sailing: British Airways fined £20m for data breach involving thousands of customers
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways £20m for a data breach in September 2018 involving over 400,000 customers.
October 28, 2020
Protecting Privacy?: The Government admits breaking GDPR rules in the NHS “Test and Trace” programme
Following a legal challenge from privacy campaigners, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) admitted that the Government broke the law and launched the NHS “Test and Trace” programme without full assessment of the privacy implications.
August 7, 2020
System Error, Data Adequacy Not Found: CJEU invalidates EU-US Privacy Shield
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) recently ruled that the EU-US Privacy Shield (the legal mechanism used to transfer data between the EU and the US) was invalid.
July 24, 2020
TikTok Time’s Up: Wells Fargo tells employees to remove TikTok from work phones as the White House considers banning the video-sharing app
Worried about TikTok’s Chinese ownership, Wells Fargo is telling employees to remove the app from their work phones, even as the US government considers banning TikTok altogether.
July 23, 2020
UK U-Turn on Huawei: 5G kit ban announced for 2027
On Tuesday 14 July, the UK's Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden, announced a ban on Huawei, preventing UK telecommunications networks from purchasing Huawei's 5G kit as of Thursday 31 December. Telecoms companies have until 2027 to remove such equipment from their mobile networks.
July 21, 2020
The Race To Trace: Businesses implement internal contact tracing systems
With a UK-wide, state-led contact tracing system yet to be implemented, companies are launching their own internal systems that will aim to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 amongst employees.
July 18, 2020