Surveillance and Investigatory Powers
National Surveillance Camera Strategy – engaging the public
In this guest post, Professor William Webster outlines the objectives of the civil engagement strand of the National Surveillance Camera Strategy. He is the Director at the Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy (CRISP), Professor of Public...
Event: Challenges of the New Transnational Cyber Policing
This event took place at the Information Law and Policy Centre at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies on Monday, 26 June 2017. Date: 26 June 2017 Time: 17:00 to 19:00 Venue: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DR Book: Online on...
Uber: a taxi service or an app? Analysis of a CJEU Advocate-General’s view
Lorna Woods, Professor of Internet Law at the University of Essex and a Senior Associate Research Fellow at the Information Law and Policy Centre, analyses the Opinion of the Advocate-General in a CJEU case concerning the status of Uber's taxi services. The post first...
Where to after Watson? The challenges and future of mass data retention in the UK
As our lives have increasingly become data-driven and digital by default, finding the balance between privacy and national security/law enforcement has become one of the central legal, political, and ethical debates of the information age. On 11 May, the Director of...
Back doors, black boxes and #IPAct technical capability regulations
In the following post, Graham Smith, a member of the Information Law and Policy Centre's Advisory Board, discusses the government's consultation on the technical capability regulations in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. He highlights the increased scope of the...
UNESCO report: surveillance and data collection are putting journalists and sources at risk
In this guest post for World Press Freedom Day, Julie Posetti at the University of Wollongong, analyses how mass surveillance and data retention regimes are threatening journalists' sources. Her new UNESCO report explores similar themes to the Information Law and...
Where to after Watson: The challenges and future of data retention in the UK
An event hosted by the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law and sponsored by Simmons & Simmons. Date: 11th May 2017 Time: 17:30 - 19:30 (Registration open from 17:00). Followed by a reception Venue: Simmons & Simmons, City Point, 1 Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y...
Conference: The Power Switch; How Power is Changing in a Networked World
Cripps Court auditorium, Magdalene College, 1-3 Chesterton Road, Cambridge 31 March 2017, 09:00 - 18:15 Registration for this conference is now open, please register here. The full programme is available here. Full fee £20 (includes refreshments and lunch) Student and...
How the UK passed the most invasive surveillance law in democratic history
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...
‘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...