The Data Brief

A monthly data protection bulletin from the barristers at 5 Essex Chambers

The Data Brief is edited by Francesca Whitelaw KC, Aaron Moss and John Goss, barristers at 5 Essex Chambers, with contributions from the whole information law, data protection and AI Team.

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Issue 29 - November 2023

This edition is written by Francesca Whitelaw KC and John Goss, who with Aaron Moss edit the Data Brief.

28 November 2023

Claims for Misuse of Private Information In October 2022, seven Claimants who are all notable…

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28 November 2023

Overall, a poor week for defendants seeking summary judgment in information law claims. In Karpichkov…

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28 November 2023

In Department for Business & Trade v Information Commissioner & Montague [2023] EWCA Civ 1378,…

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Previous articles

29 September 2022

In Al-Masarir v Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [2022] EWHC 2199 (QB), Julian Knowles J dealt…

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31 August 2022

Wardrop v Information Commissioner and Metropolitan Police Service [2022] UKFTT 261 (GRC) A requester sought…

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31 August 2022

Bartosik v Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland [2022] CSOH 55 The Outer…

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31 August 2022

A former Health Advisor has been convicted of six counts of unlawfully obtaining personal data,…

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29 July 2022

Loyal readers will recall Warren v DSG Retail Ltd [2021] EWHC 2168 (QB), in which…

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29 July 2022

In May 2022 we reported on the £7.5 million fine which the ICO handed to…

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28 July 2022

In a judicial review claim from Northern Ireland, the applicant sought to challenge the contents…

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15 July 2022

In June, the Government published its outline plans for the Data Reform Bill, the first…

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15 July 2022

Saini J, who handed down the judgment in Warren v DSG Retail Limited [2021] EWHC…

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15 July 2022

In Bennett v Equifax Ltd [2022] EWHC 1487 (QB), Senior Master Fontaine was dealing with…

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15 July 2022

Liberty’s Claim against the Secretaries of State for the Home Department and the Foreign, Commonwealth…

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27 May 2022

Clearview AI Inc, a company which produced a facial recognition database containing 20 billion images…

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