This week’s podcast looks at the Carphone Warehouse hack in the UK and the rise of ‘sophisticated cyber attacks’. Will the Carphone Warehouse attack be a test case for the UK data regulator’s new(ish) powers to deal with security breaches in telecoms companies and network services providers? Did the company act quickly enough? Jonathan and Read more »
Episode 152: Anonymous marital infidelity website may not be so anonymous
This week’s podcast looks at the hack on the Ashley Madison website. Ashley Madison declares on its home page that “Life is short. Have an affair.” The home page goes on to state that “Ashley Madison is the world’s leading married dating service for discreet encounters.” The site also boasts “over 38,050,000 anonymous members!” The site Read more »
Episode 151: Should we forget the right to be forgotten?
In this week’s podcast Jonathan and Eric look again at the right to be forgotten. They talk about some recent BBC disclosures on cases which have been removed from Google which involve criminal activity including insider trading and theft. They also look at developments in the Schrems litigation against Facebook and whether class actions for Read more »
Episode 150: Seeking to insure cyber risks
In this episode Eric and Jonathan look at the issues around cyberinsurance. They look at the role of Lloyd’s in the world of cyber and how the planned new European Data Protection Regulation could affect insurance. They also look at the rise of data protection class actions in Europe and how they could affect cyberinsurance Read more »
ICO Annual Report launch
Andre, Gayle, Jonathan and Robert went along to the launch of the UK Information Commissioner’s Annual Report in Westminster last week. We all tweeted from the event and we thought a summary of our tweets in the storify here would give a flavour of the event and what the ICO and his team said. A Read more »
Blog: BBC News and attempts to use the right to be forgotten to forget the past
We’ve blogged before on the right to be forgotten including our original blog on the European Court of Justice Ruling in May here, our report from the Google Advisory Council meeting in October here and our blog on the European Data Protection Commissioner’s Guidelines in November here. The right to be forgotten is back in Read more »
Episode 149: Did video actually save the music star?
In this week’s podcast Jonathan and Eric look at The Buggles’s seminal late 70s hit Video Killed the Radio Star and ask – were The Buggles right? Jonathan and Eric look at some YouTube success stories including The Piano Guys & Justin Bieber and the recent spat between Taylor Swift and Apple. Video, and YouTube Read more »
Periscope and Meerkat
There has been lots of talk recently about the growth in live video streaming apps and in particular Periscope and Meerkat. New technology obviously brings new compliance challenges. Some of this technology is brand new – Periscope for Android was only released on 26 May – but what are the compliance challenges likely to be Read more »
Companies risk prosecution as UK sees 61,232 data protection registration non-renewals in a 46-month period
Under the UK’s Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998), the Information Commissioner’s Office (the ICO) maintains a mandatory register of data controllers. Data controllers are organisations who determine the purposes for and manner in which personal data are processed. The register records the data controller’s name and the purpose(s) for the controller’s processing of the Read more »
The ASA – a wider regulator than you may think
Most businesses are aware of the ASA, the Advertising Standards Agency, who enforce the Committee of Advertising Practices Code. The ASA handle a large number of cases on a weekly basis – last week making findings in 6 cases (with 50/50 upheld/not upheld), and informally resolving 21. And cases can be raised as a result Read more »