May 17, 2017 | Data Privacy, Privacy, Surveillance
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...
May 3, 2017 | Data Privacy, Freedom of information, Journalism, News media, Privacy, Surveillance
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...
Apr 11, 2017 | Access to information, Data Privacy, Government policy, Privacy, Surveillance
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,...
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...
