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At a recent major IT law conference, Osborne Clarke’s Stephen Groom reported on the data protection law landmarks of 2004.   Click here to see Stephen's slides.

Although we cannot understand why we have to wait until then, in Spring 2005 life should get easier for those shifting personal data out of the European Economic Area. We…

It’s now nearly four years since the European Commission and the US Department of Commerce agreed the ‘Safe Harbor’ gateway to compliant EU/US transfer of personal data. At last, it…

With her lawyers on no-win no-fee, supermodel Ms Campbell was not the only one smiling when she finally prevailed against The Mirror over an article about her drug addiction treatment.…

Our human rights legislation may recognise a right to privacy, but the UK courts still steadfastly refuse to grant damages or other relief for “breach of privacy rights” per se.…

At the UK DMA’s fifth Annual Data Protection Conference, the keynote speech by Information Commissioner Richard Thomas gave useful insights on the watchdog’s future strategies and priorities.   Topic: Data protection Who: Richard…

Previously on marketinglaw we reported on potentially seismic implications for direct marketers of a recent Court of Appeal judgement on the meaning of ‘personal data.’ The Information Commission has now…

For the first time, the High Court has pronounced on the precise meaning of ‘personal data’ under data protection law and hence on pretty much the entire remit of the…

When a Swedish churchgoer put information on her web pages about fellow parishioners preparing for confirmation, little did she realise she would end up in the European Court of Justice.…

If it’s all in the same corporate group, transfers of customer/prospect data from the UK to the US are automatically OK, yes? Certainly not, at least until an EC data…

How many UK companies have “Notified” the Information Commission that they are processing personal data? How many prosecutions were brought in 2002/3 against alleged data protection miscreants? What does the…