Category Archives: data protection

Privacy is not the enemy – rebooted…

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

Today, Saturday February 23rd 2013, is International Privacy Day. To mark it, I’ve done a re-boot of an old blog post: ‘Privacy is not the enemy’. The original post (which you can find here) came back in December 2011, after … Continue reading →

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Lobbyists: who pays the piper…

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

A few weeks ago I experienced first hand the role of lobbyists, when I saw them do their best to start steering the CREATe project in their own direction (see my blog here). In the time since then, two more … Continue reading →

Posted in Copyright, data protection, Intellectual Property, Online Behavioural Advertising, Privacy, Search Engines | 7 Comments

Google, privacy and a new kind of lawsuit

Posted on January 28, 2013 by

Today is Data Privacy Day – and new lawsuit has been launched against Google in the UK – one which highlights a number of key issues. It could be very important – a ‘landmark case’ according to a report on … Continue reading →

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In praise of regulation….

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

Travelling back from the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference in Brussels, I had a fascinating conversation with someone who was there right at the beginning of data protection. It was a conversation that revealed a great deal to me, … Continue reading →

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Scrambling for safety?

Posted on April 19, 2012 by

This afternoon I was at ‘Scrambling for Safety’ – a fascinating conference, focussing on the proposed ‘Communications Capabilities Development Programme’, aptly if not entirely accurately dubbed the ‘snoopers’ charter’ by the media. The conference was organised by Privacy International, the … Continue reading →

Posted in data protection, data retention, government, Privacy, Privacy International, surveillance | 9 Comments

Truth and lies, policy and practice…

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Last week it struck me that we were entering a new phase in the way that privacy is dealt with on the net. Two of the biggest players, Google and Facebook, have made significant shifts in their ‘privacy policy’ – … Continue reading →

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Time for a change?

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

I attended the Westminster eForum this morning. The subject was the new Data Protection Framework, and there was a stellar cast of speakers and panellists, from the estimable Peter Hustinx (the European Data Protection Supervisor), the MoJ’s Lord McNally and … Continue reading →

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Ready to Rumble?

Posted on March 1, 2012 by

This morning I attended a lecture given by European Commissioner Viviane Reding – and I have to say I was impressed. The lecture was at my old Alma Mater, the LSE, with the estimable Professor Andrew Murray in the chair, … Continue reading →

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Crazy Europeans!?!

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

As anyone who pays attention to the world of data – and data privacy in particular – cannot help but be aware, those crazy Europeans are pushing some more of their mad data protection laws (a good summary of which … Continue reading →

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Players and Pawns in the Game of Privacy

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

Privacy is pretty constantly in the news at the moment. People like me can hardly take their eye off the news for a moment. This morning I was trying to do three things at once: follow David Allen Green’s evidence … Continue reading →

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