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...
Oct 12, 2016 | Access to information, Access to justice, Copyright, Data Privacy, Freedom of information, Privacy
Restricted and Redacted: Where now for human rights and digital information control? The full programme for the Information Law and Policy Centre’s annual workshop and lecture on Wednesday 9th November 2016 is now available (see below). For both events,...
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...
Jun 29, 2016 | Access to information, Data Privacy, Ethics, Freedom of expression, Freedom of information, Government policy, Journalism, News media, Privacy
Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals, research assistant at the Information Law and Policy Centre, reports on a research workshop hosted by the University of Cardiff on Digital Citizenship and the ‘Surveillance Society’. A workshop led by researchers at the Cardiff School of...
Mar 10, 2016 | Government policy, ILPC Research and Publications, Privacy
As previously reported on this blog, our Information Law and Policy Centre (ILPC) at IALS has facilitated an ad hoc research group of academics and practitioners to contribute to the ongoing policy debate on surveillance following publication of the government’s Draft...