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2024
26/09/2024
Newsflash:
Olivia runs workshop at PDP Conference 2024
19/09/2024
Publication:
Every different use of personal data about someone needs a lawful basis
24/07/2024
Article:
ICO publishes Annual Report 2023/2024
18/07/2024
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Even those who created the rules were finding it difficult to comply with them
20/05/2024
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Is it possible to own digital assets? If not, what are you getting legally when you buy a digital item?
25/03/2024
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When someone asks me to prepare a privacy notice, I find it hard to meet their expectations
11/01/2024
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There is debate over the extent to which the law addresses the risks arising from the use of AI
2023
16/11/2023
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I'm fully expecting someone to call me up and start shouting at me when they read this article
02/11/2023
Newsflash:
Online Safety Bill becomes an Act
11/10/2023
Publication:
Subtle but helpful – changes to the right of access under DPDI 2
14/09/2023
Publication:
I often see jaws drop when I tell a business they need to speak about what they’re planning to do
18/07/2023
Article:
ICO publishes Annual Report 2022/2023
13/07/2023
Publication:
The basic contract elements are often not called into question. But they’re still there nagging at you
11/05/2023
Publication:
Was I being a bad mother by allowing my three-year-old daughter to watch
Frozen
?
14/03/2023
Newsflash:
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill – The Return!
10/03/2023
Publication:
I find myself incapable of moving away from my laptop as I await further updates
2022
12/12/2022
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Our customer services rep called them a twerp – can I withhold this?
06/09/2022
Publication:
If you understand what you are up against, you can conduct more informed negotiations
18/07/2022
Newsflash:
Data Protection and Digital Information Bill introduced into UK Parliament
17/06/2022
Newsflash:
UK government publishes its responses to consultation on reform of data protection law
23/05/2022
Article:
OBEP is 10!
13/05/2022
Publication:
No sooner do you put down your figurative pen than someone goes and changes the rules
01/03/2022
Publication:
How do you launch a product without alienating or damaging your customers?
2021
16/12/2021
Publication:
Handling Subject Access Requests – Then and Now
12/11/2021
Publication:
What does it mean to assign intellectual property to a company as part of a technology project?
14/07/2021
Article:
ICO publishes Annual Report 2020/2021
10/06/2021
Publication:
You need to know where your data is going to identify compliance and risk issues
23/04/2021
Publication:
DPIAs – in light of everything
22/02/2021
Newsflash:
EU Commission publishes draft adequacy decisions for data transfers to the UK
2020
01/12/2020
Publication:
Clarifying the right of access
19/11/2020
Publication:
Data Protection – A Practical Guide to UK Law
21/07/2020
Article:
ICO publishes Annual Report 2019/2020
16/07/2020
Newsflash:
Data transfers to the US – you can no longer rely on the EU–US Privacy Shield!
09/06/2020
Publication:
Legal responsibilities of processors – a guide
24/04/2020
Publication:
A guide to data processing during a pandemic
03/04/2020
Publication:
Combating COVID-19 - what are the new data processing practices?
2019
26/11/2019
Newsflash:
Olivia speaks at Mindshare UK Huddle
10/10/2019
Newsflash:
Olivia speaks at SCL Annual Conference
11/09/2019
Article:
10 things that happened whilst I was on maternity leave (and two that didn’t); Summary
11/09/2019
Article:
10 things that happened whilst I was on maternity leave (and two that didn’t); Number 10: A mixed bag of other developments which I wanted to squeeze in
29/08/2019
Article:
10 things that happened whilst I was on maternity leave (and two that didn’t); Number 6: Trying to keep pace with Artificial Intelligence
29/07/2019
Article:
10 things that happened whilst I was on maternity leave (and two that didn’t); Number 9: Direct marketing – liability of directors for privacy breaches, and awaiting a new code of practice
11/07/2019
Article:
ICO publishes Annual Report 2018/2019
09/07/2019
Article:
10 things that happened whilst I was on maternity leave (and two that didn’t); Number 7: Intellectual property law moves forward – copyright and trade secrets (and more Digital Single Market legislation too).
20/06/2019
Article:
10 things that happened whilst I was on maternity leave (and two that didn’t); Number 12: The new EU ePrivacy Regulation hasn’t been finalised.
19/06/2019
Article:
10 things that happened whilst I was on maternity leave (and two that didn’t); Number 5: The GDPR guidance continues
13/06/2019
Article:
10 things that happened whilst I was on maternity leave (and two that didn’t); Number 8: Legal developments with social media – online harms, defamation, joint data controllers and more
07/06/2019
Article:
10 things that happened whilst I was on maternity leave (and two that didn’t); Number 11: The UK didn’t leave the European Union
06/06/2019
Article:
10 things that happened whilst I was on maternity leave (and two that didn’t); Number 4: Subject access requests involving third party data are hot topics in the UK courts
06/06/2019
Article:
10 things that happened whilst I was on maternity leave (and two that didn’t); Number 3: Japan is now an ‘adequate’ country for personal data transfers
06/06/2019
Article:
10 things that happened whilst I was on maternity leave (and two that didn’t); Number 2: There has been plenty of enforcement action by the UK ICO
06/06/2019
Article:
10 things that happened whilst I was on maternity leave (and two that didn’t); Number 1: The GDPR had its first birthday
2018
01/08/2018
Article:
ICO publishes Annual Report 2017/2018
14/06/2018
Article:
The GDPR is here! What now?
26/04/2018
Publication:
Is the GDPR aimed at freelancers and does it require contractors to register?
March 2018
Publication:
Data Protection – A Practical Guide to UK And EU Law
2017
18/10/2017
Article:
GDPR guidance: What do we have so far? – UPDATED!
16/08/2017
Publication:
GDPR Training: What to Consider
18/07/2017
Publication:
GDPR: Data Protection Impact Assessments
13/07/2017
Article:
ICO publishes annual report 2016/2017
24/03/2017
Article:
GDPR guidance: What do we have so far?
2016
10/11/2016
Article:
Subject Access Requests – recent cases and the GDPR
26/08/2016
Article:
Business use of social media – protecting your intellectual property
29/06/2016
Article:
ICO publishes annual report 2015/2016
16/06/2016
Article:
Lessons from recent direct marketing penalties
10/05/2016
Article:
Alphabetical guide to the new EU data protection law
11/02/2016
Article:
EU–US Privacy Shield
02/02/2016
Newsflash:
EU–US Privacy Shield
21/01/2016
Publication:
Privacy Impact Assessments and the EU General Data Protection Regulation
2015
19/11/2015
Publication:
Draft Investigatory Powers Bill: how IT contractors are affected
19/11/2015
Article:
Consumer law: clarifying the recent changes
11/11/2015
Publication:
What IT contractors can take from October’s array of data breaches
07/10/2015
Article:
Data transfers to the US – you can no longer rely on Safe Harbour!
03/07/2015
Article:
ICO publishes annual report 2014/2015
29/05/2015
Newsflash:
Queen’s Speech 2015
13/05/2015
Article:
NOW we have the Supreme Court’s ruling
16/02/2015
Article:
Business use of social media – answering the legal queries; Part 1: Investigating other people’s social media activities
28/01/2015
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Privacy notices – clarity and effectiveness
27/01/2015
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Technology Contracts: Creative Relationships Require Creative Agreements
2014
18/11/2014
Publication:
Design and coding are fundamental to app creation, but there are also legal matters to consider
21/10/2014
Article:
Surveillance and privacy
08/10/2014
Publication:
Sly data collection: this time it’s personal
01/10/2014
Newsflash:
Copyright: parody, private use and quotations
15/07/2014
Article:
ICO publishes annual report 2013/2014
24/06/2014
Article:
Express yourself Part 2 – fiduciary duties and good faith
30/05/2014
Article:
Searching against a name – the EU Google judgment
09/05/2014
Article:
Express yourself – excluding liability within a services agreement
07/05/2014
Article:
Own-it intellectual property articles
22/04/2014
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Apps and Privacy Part 3: app-ropriate security and retention
18/03/2014
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Apps and Privacy Part 2: playing a part
04/03/2014
Article:
Linking to this article is permitted
06/02/2014
Publication:
Apps and Privacy: App-lying the rules and App-easing the users
08/01/2014
Article:
Developing privacy into mobile applications
2013
01/11/2013
Publication:
Augmented reality – a leap into a new world
21/09/2013
Article:
Subject access requests – recent developments
26/07/2013
Article:
Update – Right to access emails held by former members of staff
24/07/2013
Publication:
Social Media – challenges in the control of information
24/06/2013
Article:
ICO publishes Annual Report
11/03/2013
Publication:
Bring Your Own Device — protecting data on the move
2012
03/12/2012
Article:
Addressing legal risks in your social media strategy
30/11/2012
Article:
First ICO fine for unlawful marketing communications
09/11/2012
Article:
No ownership of information; so how can you control it?
08/11/2012
Article:
High Court is content with BSkyB using “NOW”
14/10/2012
Newsflash:
OBEP takes on new consultant solicitor
28/09/2012
Article:
Top tips for data which leaves the office
27/07/2012
Article:
“now” is the trade mark of their discontent: Starbucks v BSkyB
06/07/2012
Newsflash:
ICO publishes Annual Report
02/07/2012
Article:
The proposed Communications Data Bill
15/06/2012
Article:
Are your website terms enforceable?
14/06/2012
Newsflash:
Draft Communications Data Bill published
07/06/2012
Article:
Data destruction and data processors: the importance of maintaining control
18/04/2012
Publication:
A contractor’s recipe for cookie compliance
10/04/2012
Article:
Hungry for a copyright battle over Easter
28/03/2012
Video:
OBEP video
29/02/2012
Article:
Software development and intellectual property
31/01/2012
Article:
First draft of a new data protection regime – the proposed EU Regulation
25/01/2012
Newsflash:
EU Commission proposes data protection reform
21/01/2012
Article:
Cookies: a taste of the new requirements
2011
07/12/2011
Newsflash:
ICO imposes yet another monetary penalty
28/11/2011
Newsflash:
ICO imposes two more monetary penalties
09/11/2011
Article:
How the loss of a laptop can lead to a hefty fine
08/11/2011
Article:
Searching for flowers: the blossoming ECJ judgment
03/10/2011
Article:
Have you protected your business name?
21/09/2011
Publication:
IT contractor guide to data protection – part 2
20/09/2011
Publication:
IT contractor guide to data protection – part 1
08/09/2011
Publication:
Contractors’ Questions: Does leaving me unpaid reduce their right to IP?