AI and Data Governance
‘Tracking People’ research network established
A new research network has been established to investigate the legal, ethical, social and technical issues which arise from the use of wearable, non-removable tagging and tracking devices. According to the network's website, tracking devices are increasingly being...
Full Programme: Annual Workshop and Evening Lecture
Restricted and Redacted: Where now for human rights and digital information control? The full programme for the Information Law and Policy Centre's annual workshop and lecture on Wednesday 9th November 2016 is now available (see below). For both events, attendance...
Information Law and Policy Centre Annual Lecture and Workshop
An afternoon workshop and evening lecture to be given by leading information and data protection lawyer Rosemary Jay. Restricted and Redacted: Where now for human rights and digital information control? The Information Law and Policy Centre is delighted to announce...
Data Retention and the Automated Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) System: A Gap in the Oversight Regime
The Advocate General’s Opinion in the recent Watson/Tele2 case re-emphasises the importance of considered justification for the collection and storage of personal data which has implications for a variety of data retention regimes. In this post, Lorna Woods, Professor...
Brexit: “You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone”
In the following editorial, Professor Lilian Edwards considers the implications of the Brexit vote for information law and assesses the mood amongst the academic community in the aftermath of the EU Referendum. The article was first published in Volume 13, Issue 2 of...
Pokémon Go has revealed a new battleground for virtual privacy
Andres Guadamuz, University of Sussex People have been lingering outside Boon Sheridan’s house all through the night. The designer lives in an old church in Massachusetts that has been designated a “gym” in the new smartphone game Pokémon Go. Because the game requires...
Analysing the Advocate General’s opinion on data retention and EU law
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...
“Right to be forgotten” requires anonymisation of online newspaper archive
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 post was...
Addressing the challenge of anonymous sources in the digital age
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,...
What is the impact of the Brexit vote on the Investigatory Powers Bill?
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...