The UK Labour Law Blog has an excellent piece examining how surveillance of employees in the workplace conflicts with the right to privacy in the covid work from home environment.
Privacy Law Commentary
Police’s use of facial recognition software found unlawful in Court of Appeal – R v Bridges
The case of R v Bridges [2020] EWCA Civ 1058 continues in the Court of Appeal with the finding of the Divisional Court being challenged on five grounds as set out below.
Continue readingParts of Meghan Markle’s claim against Associated Newspapers struck out following preliminary hearing
Citation: BBC: The preliminary hearing of Meghan Markle’s privacy case against the Associated Newspapers
Meghan Markle’s claim against Associated Newspapers regarding the publication of a letter she wrote to her father has had its preliminary hearing on 24 April 2020, as reported by the BBC. Continue reading
Privacy protection in practice: The coronavirus and healthcare data
TTP extends its best wishes to all those impacted by the coronavirus and hopes that all are safe and well. For those readers based in the UK the NHS coronavirus guidance can be found here and Government guidance here. Stay home, stay safe. Continue reading
Citation: INFORRM: Markle v Associated Newspapers, an interesting preemptive analysis
INFORRM has an excellent two part post on Meghan Markle’s action for misuse of private information against the Associated Newspapers. Continue reading
Top 10 Privacy and Data Protection Cases 2019
INFORRM has published my selection of Privacy and Data Protection Cases from throughout 2019.
The piece provides a succinct summary of the most influential cases throughout the year, caselaw which will likely impact the regulatory space for years to come.
Citation: Wired: The privacy of crypto-currency
Wired has published an insightful article on virtual currencies.
The article considers the privacy implications of crypto-currency transactions. It highlights the issues surrounding logging each transaction in a publically available manner and concerns around behavioural modelling.
The article considers the providers Monero and Zcash in particular.
Google and healthcare provider Ascension collaboration raises privacy concerns
Google Cloud has been providing Ascension, the second biggest healthcare provider in the US, with cloud infrastructure services since July 2019. Providing software services to healthcare providers to facilitate the secure management of patient data is not uncommon for Google. The services Ascension are taking are similarly commonplace- the migration of data to Google Cloud, utilizing suite productivity tools and providing technological tools to Ascension’s doctors for use. What perhaps is the defining factor is the scale, with this being the largest project of its kind to date – managing data of over 50 million Americans. This was dubbed “Project Nightingale”.
The conceptualisation of privacy – a useful image
This was taken from the case of Puttaswamy v Union of India. The case entrenched the right to privacy under Indian law. The infographic provides a useful means for distilling the concept of privacy and it’s scope.
The Privacy Perspective 