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

29 June 2023

Regular readers will recall Ali v Luton Borough Council [2022] EWHC 132 (QB), a helpful…

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26 April 2023

Children’s privacy consistently features, with cyber security, as a top data protection concern in the…

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26 April 2023

In R (the3million & Open Rights Group) v Secretary of State for the Home Department…

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26 April 2023

The different remedies available under the DPA and UK GDPR have always been confusing. It’s…

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23 March 2023

…to discern, because it is not self-contained but rather amends the Data Protection Act 2018…

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23 March 2023

S165 Data Protection Act 2018 empowers a data subject to complain to the Information Commissioner…

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23 February 2023

In Inspektor v Inspektorata kam Visshia sadeben savet (Case C-180/21, CJEU, 8 December 2022), the…

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23 February 2023

Riley v The Student Housing Company (OPS) Limited [2023] SC DNF 7 In Riley the Sheriff Court considered…

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23 February 2023

Wilson v Mendelsohn & ors [2023] EWHC 231 (KB) In Wilson v Mendelsohn & ors…

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31 January 2023

In a rear guard action against the continued domination of the internet by social media,…

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31 January 2023

RW v Osterreichische Post AG (C-154/21) [2023] 1 WLUK 41 Article 15(1)(c) GDPR gives a…

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31 January 2023

FKJ v RVT [2023] EWHC 3 (KB) This case highlights the (unsurprising) complexities of accessing…

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