Aug 9, 2017 | Ethics, Freedom of expression, Journalism, News media, Privacy, Social Media
How has the law adapted to the emergence and proliferation of social media tools and digital technology? Furthermore, how successful has the law been in governing the challenges associated with an ongoing reformulation of our understandings of public and private...
Aug 9, 2017 | Privacy, Surveillance
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...
Jan 16, 2017 | In court, Open Justice, Privacy
In this guest post, Hugh Tomlinson QC previews an appeal to the Supreme Court in a case that considers where the balance lies between rights to privacy and the principle of open justice. The post was first published on the Inforrm blog. On 17 and 18 January 2017, a...
Nov 29, 2016 | Data Privacy, Freedom of information, Internet regulation, Privacy
Our annual workshop and lecture – held earlier this month – brought together a wide range of legal academics, lawyers, policy-makers and interested parties to discuss the future of human rights and digital information control. A number of key themes...
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...
