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What is your duty to co-operate with your regulator?
Zoe Beels
12 January 2015
Watch this space: Domestic CCTV cameras and public areas
The presence of CCTV cameras has become an accepted, if not always welcome, part of the background to modern life. Although both the Information and Surveillance Commissioners have provided clear guidance with respect to the use of CCTV by businesses and organisations, “domestic” surveillance has been treated as an exception. Following the decision of the European Court of Justice in the case of Ryneš (C-212/13), this may be about to change.
22 September 2014
Cybercrime - what should your business do to protect itself?
Mornings for some consist of checking Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, work and personal email accounts before leaving the house. Throughout the day a large number of us will go on to check our bank balance, book a restaurant, do our food shopping, deal with clients, book our next holiday or train home, all online. But, do we really know how secure our data is and who has access to it?
8 May 2014
You, your data and your fridge - issues of privacy and data protection
The main focus of this blog is the challenges faced by the law to monitor and regulate the fields of privacy and data protection in an inter-connected world.
20 March 2014
Misuse of private information – anonymised tracking, profiling and targeting
Whilst the Data Protection Act 1998 and E-Privacy Directive go a long way to preventing the abuse of personal data, the regime is far from watertight. The adtech industry makes extensive use of “anonymous” tracking to study the browsing activities of consumers and then serve them relevant contextual ads.
27 February 2014
Data Protection Revisited – Hacking, Leaking and Cloud Concerns in 2014
Hardly a day goes by without a new story about another cyber-attack, leaked or hacked passwords or log-ins.