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Chase persuaded New York State appeal judges to throw out a class action for sharing customer data with third parties. How?   Topic: Data protection Who: Customers of Chase Manhattan…

Suspecting mass on-line non-compliance with data protection laws by UK websites, Dame Elizabeth France is going on the attack.   Topic: Data Protection Who: The Information Commission (“IC”) When: Early…

What the government was dissuaded from doing by industry pressure, a retired accountant has achieved through sheer determination through the courts.   Who: Brian Reid Beetson Robertson, City of Wakefield…

Transferring personal data out of the EU is easy, but dangerous unless one of a handful of ‘gateways’ are used.   Topic: Data protectionWho: The European CommissionWhere: BrusselsWhen: Summer 2001…

When customer data is collected great care must be taken to ensure data protection law-friendly procedures and disclosures, but sometimes marketers do more than they need to.   Topic: Data…

The Spanish data protection authorities showed their teeth in imposing a £37000 fine on Microsoft Spain for illegally transferring personal data to the US.   Topic: Data ProtectionWho: Microsoft and…

Electronic profiling without express prior consent does not violate US data privacy laws, held Judge Naomi Rice Buchwald in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.…

What happened when the British Standards Institute and the Information Commission (formerly the Data Protection Commission) got together to draw up a Guide to developing corporate data protection/e commerce policies?…