Data Security in UK Law
Leading Cases
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Nichols Plc's Trade Mark Application (No.2241892)
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By granting registration of a semi-descriptive or indeed a nearly-but-not-quite-completely descriptive mark one is placing a powerful weapon in powerful hands. Moreover it must not be forgotten that the monopoly extends to confusingly similar marks. In any marginal case defendants, SMEs particularly, are likely to back off when they receive a letter before action. It is cheaper and more certain to do that than stand and fight, even if in principle they have a defence.
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Legislation
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Data Protection Act 2018
... ... categories of personal data) in reliance on an exception in one of the following points of Article 9(2) —(a) point (b) (employment, social security and social protection) ;(b) point (g) (substantial public interest) ;(c) point (h) (health and social care) ;(d) point (i) (public health) ;(e) point ... ...
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The Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
... ... , immediately before F24IP completion day, fell within the scope of Chapter 2 of Title 5 of the Treaty on European Union (common foreign and security policy activities) .(1A) This Regulation also applies to the manual unstructured processing of personal data held by an FOI public authority..(3) For ... ...
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Investigatory Powers Act 2016
... ... interference and the acquisition and retention of communications data, bulk personal datasets and other information; to make provision about the ... to make further provision about investigatory powers and national security; to amend sections 3 and 5 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994; and for ... ...
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European Union (Future Relationship) Act 2020
... ... member States; to make related provision about passenger name record data, customs and privileges and immunities; and for connected purposes.[31st ... PART 1: Security ... Criminal records ... 1: Duty to notify member States of convictions ... ...
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Books & Journal Articles
- Protecting Consumer Privacy and Data Security: Regulatory Challenges and Potential Future Directions
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Social-media-based risk communication for data co-security on the cloud
Purpose: Cloud computing has disrupted the information technology (IT) industry. Associated benefits such as flexibility, payment on an on-demand basis and the lack of no need for IT staff are amon...
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Data flows and national security: a conceptual framework to assess restrictions on data flows under GATS security exception
Purpose: The paper aims to explore the national security implications of a potential for a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute on data flow restrictions. It proposes a basic conceptual framework...
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Law, technology, and data‐driven security: infra‐legalities as method assemblage
As complex data‐driven systems are increasingly used to know and govern global problems, the terrain for socio‐legal studies research is rapidly changing. Both ‘the social’ and ‘the legal’ are tran...
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Law Firm Commentaries
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Data Security Ignoring the PCI Data Security Standard Could Cost You!
Is compliance with payment card data security standards being ignored? The recent £500,000 fine, levied by the UK Information Commissioner on DSG, the owner of Currys PC World and Dixons Travel sto...
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Virgin Media suffers Data Security Breach
Virgin Media is reportedly one of the latest UK companies to suffer a data security breach. On 5 March 2020, it published a statement on its website explaining that one of its databases had been ac...
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ICO Stresses Importance of Encryption for Data Security
On August 28, 2013, on the UK Information Commissioner’s Office’s (“ICO’s”) blog, Simon Rice, Technology Group Manager for the ICO, discussed the importance of encryption as a data security measure...
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COVID-19: Cyber and Data Security Legal Checklist
The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak has now been labelled a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Many organisations have been taking active measures to contain the virus by asking staff...
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Forms
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Appeal a social security benefits decision (Notice of appeal)
Social Security and Child Support forms including notices of appeal to the Department of Work and Pensions and HM Revenue and Customs.... ... of tribunal proceedings ... For details of the standards we follow when processing your data, please visit the following address ... www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service/about/personal-information-charter ... To ... ...
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Form SSCS4
Social security and child support forms, including notices of appeal to the Department of Work and Pensions, HM Revenue and Customs and the NHS Business Services Authority....Print form ... Social Security and Child Support ... Reset form ... Print form ... Notice of appeal ... For details of the standards we follow when processing your data, please visit the following address ... ...
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Form SSCS3
Social security and child support forms, including notices of appeal to the Department of Work and Pensions, HM Revenue and Customs and the NHS Business Services Authority....Print form ... Social Security and Child Support ... Reset form ... Notice of appeal against a decision ... For details of the standards we follow when processing your data, please visit the following address https://www.gov.uk/ ... ...
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Form SSCS2
Social security and child support forms, including notices of appeal to the Department of Work and Pensions, HM Revenue and Customs and the NHS Business Services Authority....Print form ... Social Security and Child Support ... Reset form ... Notice of appeal against a decision ... For details of the standards we follow when processing your data, please visit the following address https://www.gov.uk/ ... ...
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