Is a request for information made in a tweet a valid request within the meaning of sections 1 and 8 FOIA? Not in Ghafoor v Information Commissioner (EA/2015/0140). The FTT held that section 8(1) requires the request for information to be made using the “real name” of the person making it, and that the provision of […]
Since the CJEU gave judgment in Google Spain, there has been much discussion on the conference circuit about whether the judgment rides rough shod over free speech rights. Certainly the lack of any procedural protections for the media within the right to be forgotten regime has been the subject of much heated debate. For those […]
Data protection has developed a curious habit of churning up heroic (or anti-heroic, depending on how you view it) figures who take on global behemoths to surprising effect. Maybe I am being too dramatic, but think of Mario Costeja González, the complainant at the heart of the Google Spain ‘right to be forgotten’ case, and […]
In May 2012, Transport for London licensed Uber London Limited as an operator of private hire vehicles in London. Uber is controversial. It’s a good example of how new technology can disrupt existing business models in unexpected ways. One controversy is addressed by Ouseley J in Transport for London v Uber London Limited and […]
This week, the Court of Appeal is grappling with a difficult and important question: how do you value an invasion of privacy? In other words, where someone has suffered a breach of their privacy rights, how do you go about determining the compensation they should receive? The appeal is brought by MGN against the judgment […]
So there we have it. Data protection, once the preserve of tragic anoraks with too much time on their hands, has now firmly taken up its place as a glittering star within the European legal firmament. For who now, in the wake of the Schrems judgment, can doubt the global political and economic significance of […]
