Nov 29, 2016 | Privacy, Surveillance
In this guest post, Paul Bernal, Lecturer in Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Media Law at the University of East Anglia, reflects on the passage of the Investigatory Powers Bill. The legislation was recently passed in Parliament and given Royal...
Oct 18, 2016 | Data Privacy, Ethics, Privacy, Surveillance
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...
Aug 1, 2016 | Data Privacy, Privacy, Surveillance, Uncategorized
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...
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...
Jun 10, 2016 | Government policy, Privacy, Surveillance
In this post, Professor Lorna Woods, University of Essex and Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, considers a report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the Investigatory Powers Bill. The Joint Committee has reported on...
