Jul 27, 2016 | Data Privacy, Fairness, Privacy, Surveillance, Uncategorized
Last week, the Advocate General published an opinion on a case brought to the European Court of Justice concerning the compatibility of the UK and Sweden’s data retention laws with EU law. In a detailed analysis, Lorna Woods, Professor of Internet Law at the...
Jul 26, 2016 | Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Privacy
In this post, Hugh Tomlinson QC discusses the implications of a ruling in the Belgian justice system for the application of the “right to be forgotten” for news organisations. Tomlinson is a member of Matrix Chambers and an editor of the Inforrm blog. The...
Jul 13, 2016 | Copyright, Ethics, Intellectual property and Copyright, Internet regulation, Uncategorized
Not so long ago 3D printing was being discussed alongside the internet, file sharing and digital currencies as a sign of the beginning of an era of post-control and post-scarcity. There were fears that governments would struggle to regulate the activities of a new...
Jul 7, 2016 | Access to information, Ethics, Freedom of information, Journalism, News media, Privacy
Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals, research assistant at the Information Law and Policy Centre, reports from the launch of a new book by Eric Barendt, Emeritus Professor of Media Law at UCL, on anonymous speech in the context of literature, law and politics. On 28 June,...
Jul 6, 2016 | Data Privacy, European Policy, Fairness, Privacy
The Investigatory Powers Bill is currently proceeding through parliament – its second reading in the House of Lords took place on Monday 27 June. Readers may have missed reports on the Lords debate amidst financial losses, Labour Party resignations, the Conservative...