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The Privacy Perspective to revert to an archive

Thank you for your support over the years. TPP greatly appreciates those who visited, subscribed or contributed and hope its content has proved informative. The content on TPP will be maintained only as an archive of information. Please note the… Continue reading →

Meta’s recent changes to its Hateful Conduct Community Standards place marginalised groups at serious risk and likely breach its duties under the UK – Online Safety Act 2023

On 7 January 2025 Meta made sweeping changes to its policy on Community Standards – Hateful Conduct the (“Standards”). This article examines how these changes put marginalised groups at serious risk and how they, in the context of the Online… Continue reading →

The EU AI Act: Between Scylla and Charybdis? – Nick Haddad

This article explores the framework for artifical intelligence regulation put in place by the EU AI Act Introduction The race to harness, and some may say exploit, Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) is gathering pace globally. This drive comes in tandem with… Continue reading →

Top 10 Defamation Cases of 2023: a selection – Suneet Sharma

Inforrm reported on a large number of defamation cases from around the world in 2023. Following a now established tradition, with my widely read posts on 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 defamation cases, I present my personal selection of the most legally and factually interesting cases… Continue reading →

Top 10 Privacy and Data Protection Cases 2023: a selection – Suneet Sharma

Inforrm covered a wide range of data protection and privacy cases in 2023. Following my posts in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 here is my selection of notable privacy and data protection cases across 2023. TPP is delighted to repost its annual article on… Continue reading →

s.230 of the Communications Decency Act – Gonzalez v Google No.21-1333, an upcoming challenge to Internet platforms protections – Citation – US – The Associated Press

The Associated Press has highlighted, in a long-read, a legal case which looks to challenge the protection of internet platforms under s.230 of the Communications Decency Act. The Supreme Court case concerns liability for YouTube suggestions which are argued helped… Continue reading →

Liberty and Privacy International v Security Service [2023] UKIPTrib1- MI5 admitted to have been using personal data unlawfully without application of safeguards of retention, review and disposal

MI5 admitted that personal data had been unlawfully processed and retained between the period of 2016 and 2019 due to failures in retention, review and destruction practicies. See pg.79 of the open judgment for a summary of the failings of… Continue reading →

Quotes from caselaw 7: Driver v CPS [2022] EWHC 2500 KB – a departure from the starting point of a reasonable expectation of privacy in criminal investigations pre-charge on “special facts” and low value data breaches

This case is illustrative of a set of facts where the legitimate starting point of a reasonable expectation of privacy in respect of a criminal investigation at pre-charge stage under English law can be can be departed from: Whilst a… Continue reading →

Privacy Law in Practice – An Insight into Data Protection Law as an In-House IT Lawyer – Madeleine Weber

Welcome to Privacy Law in Practice, our series at TPP demystifying what it is like to practice in privacy law. Have you ever wondered which data protection law issues come up in practice? It obviously depends on the industry and… Continue reading →

Top 10 Privacy and Data Protection Cases 2022

Inforrm covered a wide range of data protection and privacy cases in 2022. Following my posts in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 here is my selection of notable privacy and data protection cases across 2022. This was the seminal privacy case of the year, decided by… Continue reading →

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