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 59 - August 2026

This edition is written by Francesca Whitelaw KC and Eleanor Guildford.

25 August 2026

The latest warning for solicitors about the misuse of AI On 17 August 2026 the…

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28 August 2026

The Upper Tribunal (‘UT’) considered the scope of the right to receive information under Article…

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Previous articles

24 July 2024

In Coombs v Information Commissioner & Buckinghamshire Grammar Schools [2024] UKUT 195 (AAC), Upper Tribunal…

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24 July 2024

In Truter & ors v Ministry of Justice [2024] EWHC 1668 (KB), five serving prisoners…

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26 June 2024

Harrison v Cameron and ACL [2024] EWHC 1377 (KB) concerned a Claimant (C) who threatened…

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26 June 2024

McLoughlin v Chief Constable of Kent Police [2024] EWHC 990 (KB) considered the thorny issue…

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26 June 2024

In Gerry Woodhouse v Information Commissioner [2024] UKFTT 00502, the Tribunal considered an appeal against…

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28 May 2024

The European Data Protection Board (‘EDPB’) coordinates the work of regulators investigating ChatGPT’s compliance with…

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28 May 2024

In the March 2023 Data Brief article ‘Once more, with feeling: the return of the…

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28 May 2024

In March 2024 the Centre for Emerging Technology and Security (CETaS), a research centre based…

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25 April 2024

In its decision in Tonchev v Bulgaria (Application no. 40519/15) earlier this month the ECtHR…

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25 April 2024

It’s a transparency double-whammy this week – as well as Experian, the IC has recently…

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25 April 2024

The Information Commissioner’s appeal against the FTT’s decision to set aside (most of) its enforcement…

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26 March 2024

Although the guidance specifically refers to mental health emergencies,  employers should remember that data protection…

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