October 5, 2016

Laytons ETL

ICO issues record £400,000 over cyber attack

October 5, 2016

Laytons ETL

After conducting their investigation of the cyber attack, the ICO issued TalkTalk a record fine of £400,000 for security failings that allowed the attacker to access customer data “with ease”.

August 5, 2016

Richard Harrison

Data Protection, Disputes

Lessons from Chilcot

August 5, 2016

Richard Harrison

Data Protection, Disputes

Richard Harrison reflects on how an instructing solicitor would have interpreted Lord Goldsmith’s opinion on the legality of the Iraq war.

July 22, 2016

Rebekah Parker

Data Protection, Disputes

As you were …. well, almost

July 22, 2016

Rebekah Parker

Data Protection, Disputes

The Supreme Court considers the status of decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

July 7, 2016

Richard Harrison

Commercial, Data Protection, Disputes

“A reasonable case can be made…..”

July 7, 2016

Richard Harrison

Commercial, Data Protection, Disputes

Following publication of the Chilcot Report, we consider the government’s legal advice on the Iraq war from the point of view of an instructing solicitor taking counsel’s advice on whether to proceed to trial.

April 12, 2016

Laytons ETL

Commercial, Data Protection

"Accredited Safe Havens": Government Proposals for Sharing Health and Care Data Securely?

April 12, 2016

Laytons ETL

Commercial, Data Protection

Over the summer, the Department of Health ("DoH") collected responses to its June 2014 consultation, "Protecting Health and Care Information: A consultation on proposals to introduce new Regulations".

January 14, 2016

Laytons ETL

Data Protection, Employment

ECHR judgment review: Is “Big Brother lurking over the shoulders of their employees”?

January 14, 2016

Laytons ETL

Data Protection, Employment

The European Court of Human Rights (the “ECHR”) have ruled that an employer had the right to monitor an employee’s Yahoo messenger account which had been set up for professional use

September 23, 2015

Laytons ETL

Commercial, Data Protection, IP & Technology

Privacy in Europe

September 23, 2015

Laytons ETL

Commercial, Data Protection, IP & Technology

Yesterday the Court of Justice of the EU issued a press release following the opinion of Advocate-General Yves Bot in Case C-362/14 Maximillian Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner

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