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2024

18/11/2024 Publication: It was the dawn of e-commerce, and we were trying to apply offline law to the new online world
25/10/2024 Newsflash: Data (Use and Access) Bill – Re-return of DPDI (in part)!
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 Publication: Even those who created the rules were finding it difficult to comply with them
20/05/2024 Publication: Is it possible to own digital assets? If not, what are you getting legally when you buy a digital item?
25/03/2024 Publication: When someone asks me to prepare a privacy notice, I find it hard to meet their expectations
11/01/2024 Publication: There is debate over the extent to which the law addresses the risks arising from the use of AI

2023

16/11/2023 Publication: 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 Publication: 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 Publication: Privacy notices – clarity and effectiveness
27/01/2015 Publication: 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 Publication: Apps and Privacy Part 3: app-ropriate security and retention
18/03/2014 Publication: 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?