Legal Article
25 Mar 2021
It is clear to see that GDPR claims are certainly on the rise, with a flurry of activity featuring heavily in the media lately in relation to representative "class" actions against huge organisations such as Experian and Facebook. Class Actions: In class actions, sometimes called…
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Legal Article
10 Feb 2021
National Apprenticeship Week began on 8 February. This year's theme is 'Build The Future.' With 20 years of experience in progressing employees through apprenticeships, Forbes Solicitors has helped build futures and this year has been no different and has been as successful, despite the…
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Legal Article
02 Feb 2021
The recent case of Morrison's v others concerned Mr Skelton, a former employee who had been disciplined for minor misconduct. As a consequence, he developed an irrational grudge against Morrison's which led him to publish on the internet, the names, addresses, gender, date of birth, phone,…
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Legal Article
09 Dec 2020
As we all look forward to the possibility of less restrictions, a vaccine, some return to normality and return to the office, many of us will continue to work from home. The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) continue to focus on recordkeeping and data protection impact assessments,…
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04 Nov 2020
The Case (1) RACING PARTNERSHIP LTD (2) ARENA LEISURE LTD (3) ARENA RACING CORP LTD v SPORTS INFORMATION SERVICES LTD (2020) was brought against Sports Information Services Limited, who had an exclusive contractual right to collect, analyse and sell information to off-site bookmakers for the…
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12 Oct 2020
The High court was recently asked to adjudicate in a case NK v COMMISSIONER OF POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS (2020) where the authorities had retained data about an 11 year old boy who had expressed extremist ideas about terrorism including, America being evil, an obsession with killing the Prime Minister…
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Legal Article
16 Sep 2020
The ICO have recently published details of data security incidents on their website. The figures show that the vast majority of data breaches related to cyber security incidents, hacks and cyber-attacks, followed closely by sending information to an incorrect recipient by email or post. The lower…
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Legal Article
02 Sep 2020
The UK General Data Protection Regulation (UKGDPR) is the same after Brexit as it was before, but it would appear that many organisations are still coming to terms with the impact it can have on their day-to-day practice, not least the colossal increase in volume of subject access requests (SARs) which…
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25 Aug 2020
On the 13 March 2020, The Queen's Bench Division of the Media and Communications List passed judgment in the case of Alexander Aristides Reid v Katie Price [2020] EWHC 594 (QB) . This important decision supercedes the phone hacking cases of Gulati v MGN [2015] EWHC 1482 & [2015] EWCA Civ 1291…
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19 May 2020
British Budget Airline Giant easyJet, has been the recent victim of a shocking data breach. A company investigation recently discovered the email addresses and travel details of around nine million customers have been accessed in the cyber- attack, acquiring the credit card details of more than 2,000…
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