Data Protection

Move over GDPR, the DSA is the next big thing to come out of Europe

When the GDPR came into force about five years ago, it made headlines because it was a mammoth piece of EU legislation introducing significant changes to data protection law throughout…

XXX v Persons Unknown

I like to think there is a hackers’ rehabilitation meeting called Anonymous Anonymous; I don’t know if I will ever find out whether it exists but that name, Anonymous Anonymous,…

Instagram fined for breaching data protection rules

In May 2018, the GDPR came into force across the EU and many businesses thought the sky would fall. The mammoth piece of EU legislation incorporated, amongst other things, a…

How do I protect confidential information?

The Easter Bunny pulled off his annual stunt again on Sunday. Not bad given the global supply chain issues. However, what may seem like a logistical miracle of designing, making,…

How to protect your product design?

What is a ‘product’ anyway? Most of us understand the word product to mean ‘something that has been produced’ (i.e. manufactured or made). The EU law regulating the protection of…

Data, data everywhere … now what?

1 January 2022 marked the one year anniversary of the end of the Brexit transition period. Perhaps predictably, one year on, some things are indeed different, but a lot of…

Google introduces feature enabling under 18s to remove their images from image search

Are you worried about your child’s images showing up on image searches? Google has published new guidance to enable children to have more control over their digital footprint. Minors and…

ANNOUNCED – DECISION OF UK ADEQUACY

On 19 February 2021, the European Commission has announced a draft adequacy decision in respect of the UK. The Commission concluded that the UK ensures a similar level of protection…

London Bridge is……?

Background Post-Brexit, rights holders have (understandably) focused much of their attention on how to manage their portfolios of registered rights such as designs, trade marks and patents. However, there are…

Protecting your Intellectual Property, Confidential Information and Data when an employee leaves

A staff member who resigns can present challenges when it comes to protecting the Intellectual Property and Confidential Information of the business.

Privacy Shield Ruled Invalid by European Court of Justice

Privacy Shield Ruled Invalid by European Court of Justice .

Returning to the workplace – Some Key steps to consider (GDPR)

Business are beginning to reopen and it is worth looking at the ICO steps for organisations when considering the use of personal information.

Startups and IP: 3 key things to think about

For some startups intellectual property is their main and the most valuable asset, and therefore it is extremely important to take care of their IP. Here are the 3 key…

Covid and Cybercrime

The effect of Covid-19 and Government Lockdown has asserted business to make employees work from home, many of whom will not have done so regularly before. This may make many…

Confidential Information – who do you trust to keep your secret recipe?

During this unknown time of being in lockdown in the UK, you only have to go on Instagram to find that many of us are trying to recreate our favourite…

Data Breach and Vicarious Liability

In a landmark case, the UK Supreme Court has ruled that supermarket chain Morrisons is not vicariously liable for a deliberate data breach committed by a former rogue employee, who…

Child Data Privacy Code

The ICO have published the final version of its Age Appropriate Design Code (“the code”), which sets out the standards that online services need to meet in order to protect…

Brexit and GDPR

After January 31, 2020 the UK ceased to be a Member State of the European Union and, under the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement agreed between the UK and the…

Big blow or lucky escape?

An investigation led by the ICO found that an attacker installed malware on 5,390 tills at Currys, PC World and Dixons Travel stores between July 2017 and April 2018, collecting…

Data breach fines but what about reputation?

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) being in force for over a year now, having brought confusion and fuss to businesses which the threat of fines running into the…

GDPR begins to bite

It has been a little over a year since the General Data Protection Regulations came into force, imposing extensive privacy and data protection requirements and raising penalties for non-compliance to…

GDPR: is this thing on?

Was GDPR really such a big deal? People started talking about the notorious GDPR in earnest in 2016. It was the veritable Eye of Sauron. It was definitely coming. And…

The perils of posting on social media

The perils of posting on social media Who doesn’t love social media? We all tweet, post, share, and upload like there is no tomorrow. It allows us to directly reach…

Do photographers always require signed image release forms?

In short – sometimes they will, sometimes they won’t. The key issues at play are: i)                    does a photograph amount to “personal data”?; and ii)                   did the individual being photographed…