How UK’s GDPR law might not be judged 'adequate'
CommentIf it has Data Protection Act's defects, all bets are off
16 Mar 2017 | 27
Has President Trump’s executive order on 'Public Safety' killed off Privacy Shield?
AnalysisWe are all 'Removable Aliens' now
30 Jan 2017 | 50
Why the UK is unlikely to get an adequacy determination post Brexit
OpinionIf it hadn't been for that pesky Schrems kid...
09 Jan 2017 | 65
Should Computer Misuse Act offences committed in UK be prosecuted in UK?
AnalysisTake back control... that's the plan, right?
04 Oct 2016 | 160
UK membership of Council of Europe has implications for data protection after Brexit
CommentMaybe Brits don't need GDPR
26 Jul 2016 | 26
Data protection, Brexit and campaigners: Privacy policy? Eh?
How did they get your number – and was it legal?
04 Jul 2016 | 23
Marketing by opt-in, opt-out, consent or legitimate interest?
BlogConsider your ABCs...
26 May 2016 | 17
How 'flexible' can the UK actually be on EU data protection law?
It's certainly going to try to be a little bendy
04 May 2016 | 14
Here's one obscure little EU data protection rule that would be good
Article 76 & Recital 112 of the GDPR should keep data controllers 'honest'
08 Mar 2016 | 9
'Leave' or 'Stay' in the referendum? UK has to implement GDPR either way
OpinionThe whole 95/46/EC deficiency thing? Still on the table
23 Feb 2016 | 79
Privacy Shield: Data Protection Commissioners break out a six-pack
HawktalkGet comfortable, you're not going to be using it to transfer data any time soon
18 Feb 2016 | 11
Draft super-snoop bill's data protection Code of Practice is a blank canvas – expert
IPBCode should be published as draft before bill becomes law
06 Jan 2016 | 12
UK says wider National Insurance number use no longer a no-no
NINo and consent
22 Dec 2015 | 46
Identifying terrorists: Let's find a value for needle in haystack
IPBOr DO we bulk-slurp citizens' data, trawl whole %^* thing
11 Nov 2015 | 59
Here's the little-known legal loophole that permitted mass surveillance in the UK
Law from 1984 – yes, really – let GCHQ et al run amok
09 Nov 2015 | 59
Understand 'Safe Harbor', Schrems v Facebook in under 300 words
A legal, er, brief
08 Oct 2015 | 24
Wide-ranging UK DATA SHARING moves one step closer
CommentReport shelved as government looks for quick fix
10 Oct 2014 | 13
Scrapping the Human Rights Act: What about privacy and freedom of expression?
CommentJustice minister's attack to destroy ability to challenge state
30 Sep 2014 | 117
Has Europe cut the UK adrift on data protection?
CommentEU reckons we've one foot out the door anyway
31 Jul 2014 | 85
If Google remembers whom it has forgotten, has it complied with the ECJ judgment?
CommentRiddle me this, Batman
23 Jun 2014 | 46
Bizarre Tolkien-inspired GCHQ Xmas card CAN'T BE READ by us PLEBS
So El Reg brings the spooks' weird poetry to you in full, natch
20 Dec 2013 | 35
£250k fine for dumping council workers' files in Tesco bins, er, binned
CommentBut does this mean a change to ICO enforcement policy? Legal bod investigates
03 Sep 2013 | 17
Irish watchdog won't probe Apple, Facebook over PRISM... but COULD IT?
AnalysisYes, and it SHOULD, says information law specialist
30 Jul 2013 | 20
Of mice, the NSA, GCHQ and data protection
CommentThere are some things we NEED to know about...
05 Jul 2013 | 19
