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 4, 2016 | Copyright, Data Privacy, Freedom of information, News media, Privacy
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...
Sep 21, 2016 | Artificial Intelligence, Data Privacy, Privacy
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...
Aug 31, 2016 | Copyright, Data Privacy, European Policy, Fairness, Privacy
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...
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...
