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2 Mar 2020 09:57
The Use of Live Facial Recognition Technology in Scotland: A New North-South Divide?Earlier this month, the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Sub-Committee on Policing published a report which concluded that live facial recognition technology is currently “not fit” for use by Police Scotland. Police Scotland had initially planned to introduce live facial recognition technology (“the more...
Drone Registration - How safe is your personal registration data?
Drone Registration - How safe is your personal registration data? So you have now registered your drone and received your operator ID and/or your flyer ID; what has happened to your personal data? Given that many people last year suffered a phishing attack from the CAA, you may have legitimate more...
13 May 2019 10:07
GDPR, ePrivacy and cookies: an updateOne of the key changes introduced by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 25 May 2018 was a higher, more stringent, standard of consent, requiring a statement or clear affirmative action by the data subject. As the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) explains in its Guide to the more...
Sailing to Byzantium - Blockchain and the Art Market (originally published in Lyon & Turnbull newsletter)
Nothing New under the Sun What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing new under the sun. [Ecclesiastes 1:9] Those words from Ecclesiastes might seem an odd way to start an article on the latest thing in digital connectivity: the new way of building more...
30 Jan 2019 13:34
Virtuoso Legal Successfully Defend Leading Scientists in Breach of Confidence Case Brought by Invista Textiles (UK) LimitedVirtuoso Legal successfully defend VideraBio Limited and Drs Botes, Chokkathukalam and Chen in High Court breach of confidence claims brought by industry giant, Invista Textiles (UK) Limited. The Background The Claimants in this case, “Invista” is part of the Koch Industries group based in Wichita, more...
23 Nov 2018 14:52
Keeping it under lock and key — are your staff members’ log-in details safe?A recent prosecution by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) highlights the importance of workers keeping log-in details private. UK employers should reiterate this to their staff and reassess their security policies. A former employee of an accident repair company has breached the Computer more...
26 Oct 2018 13:38
Morrisons supermarkets liable for employee’s criminal publication of personal dataWM Morrison Supermarkets Plc v Various Claimants [2018] EWCA 2339 (22 October 2018) – read judgment The Court of Appeal has ruled that the supermarket chain was vicariously liable for one of its employees’ unlawful discloser of personal data belonging to other employees even though this act took more...
16 Oct 2018 10:10
GDPR risks for retailers – it’s not all about fines: Mini-series 2 – GDPR-related litigationMuch of the focus in the retail and legal press in recent months has been on the eye-watering level of fines which data protection regulators can impose for infringements of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation [footnote 1]. However in this mini-series Walker Morris’ more...
10 Oct 2018 10:45
No compensation for Google data breachesLloyd v Google LLC [2018] EWHC 2599 (QB) 8 October 2018 – read judgment This is a novel form of action, but everything was new once (Warby J para 100) -- Already today we are becoming tiny chips inside a giant data-processing system that nobody really understands. (Yuval Noah Harari, 21 Lessons for more...
Who is reading your email…?
BIG BROTHER WATCH AND OTHERS v. THE UNITED KINGDOM In an exhaustive and detailed judgment coming to over 200 pages, the ECtHR held that both the bulk electronic communications interception regime operated by the UK’s intelligence agencies under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and its more...
Smart Contracts in Trustless Networks
Peter Brogden considers the functions of blockchain technology, and how the establishment of trustless networks could impact the legal sector. Introduction Humans are a trusting species. We trust friends not to lie to us. We trust chefs not to poison us. We trust banks to keep our money safe and more...
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