On Hand March 2024

The March 2024 edition of Handley Gill’s monthly digital newsletter, On Hand, with all the latest developments in data protection (UK, EU and global), cyber security, AI and machine learning, content regulation, open justice, access to information, reputation management, digital markets regulation, human rights & ESG. Presented in a readily digestible digital format, those who prefer the traditional newsletter format can export the newsletter to pdf.

Nicola Cain31 March 2024Data Protection, PERSONAL DATA, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679, UK GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION, UK GDPR, DATA PROTECTION ACT 2018, PRIVACY AND ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS REGULATIONS, PECR, ePrivacy Directive, Data Privacy, Cyber Security, Information Security, CONTENT REGULATION, Content Moderation, Reputation Management, Libel, Slander, Malicious Falsehood, Defamation, Misuse of Private Information, Privacy, Article 8 European Convention on Human Rights, Article 8 ECHR, Article 7 European Charter of Fundamental Freedoms, Article 8 European Charter of Fundamental Freedoms, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Freedom of Speech, Free speech, Freedom of Expression, Article 10 European Convention on Human Rights, Article 10 ECHR, Open Justice, Access to Information, Freedom of Information Act 2000, FOIA, Environmental Information Regulations 2004, EIRs, Artificial Intelligence, AI, Digital Markets Regulation, Human Rights, Human Rights Act 1998, European Convention on Human Rights, ESG, Environmental Social & Governance, Environmental Social & Corporate GovernanceComment

Online Safety. This looks like a job for...

Handley Gill’s specialist online safety consultants respond to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology’s consultation on ‘Super-complaints: eligible entity criteria and procedural requirements’ under the Online Safety Act 2023. Ofcom will be responsible for considering super-complaints.

Balancing act… falls off a cliff

Handley Gill Limited’s consultants consider the implications of the withdrawal of the Bill of Rights for freedom of speech, the protection of confidential journalistic sources and defamation, data protection, and misuse of private information claims against the media.

Nicola Cain2 July 2023Bill of Rights, Human Rights Act 1998, Human Rights, s12 Human Rights Act 1998, Conservative Party manifesto, Human rights reform, Freedom of Speech, Free speech, Freedom of Expression, Article 10 ECHR, Article 10 European Convention on Human Rights, Confidential Source, Source Protection, Journalistic Source, Protection of journalistic sources, Clause 4(1) Bill of Rights, Clause 21 Bill of Rights, Clause 22 Bill of Rights, Injunction, Injunctive Relief, Prior restraint, s10 Contempt of Court Act 1981, Section 12 Human Rights Act 1998, Section 10 Contempt of Court Act 1981, Draft Media Bill, Bill 117 2022/23, s.40 Crime and Courts Act 2013, Section 40 Crime and Courts Act 2013, SLAPP, SLAPPs, Anti-SLAPP, Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, Chilling effect, Press Regulation, IMPRESS, Press Recognition Panel, Reputation Management, Media Law, Defamation, Libel, Slander, Privacy, Misuse of Private Information, Data ProtectionComment

Slapp down

Additional protections to be granted to defendants to protect free speech in defamation, data protection and misuse of private information claims concerning economic crime from SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation) in government amendment to Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill.

Nicola Cain13 June 2023SLAPPs, Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, Defamation, Libel, Slander, Data Protection, Data Litigation, Freedom of Expression, Right to Freedom of Expression, Right to freedom of expression and information, Misuse of Private Information, Article 10 European Convention on Human Rights, Article 10 ECHR, Article 8 ECHR, Article 8 European Convention on Human Rights, Article 7 European Charter of Fundamental Freedoms, Article 8 European Charter of Fundamental Freedoms, Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill, Special Purposes Exemption, Special Purposes Processing, Journalism Exemption, Journalism, Journalism Art or Literature, Economic crime, Civil Procedure Rules, Costs budgeting, Freedom of Speech, Free speech, Combatting economic crime, Combating economic crime, Harassment, Litigation, Privacy, Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, SLAPP, ANTI-SLAPP, AntiSlapp, Reputation ManagementComment

Bill of Rights... and Wrongs?

Handley Gill considers the impact of the Bill of Rights (Bill 117 2022/23), which would repeal and replace the Human Rights Act 1998, on the law of data protection, privacy and freedom of expression in the UK.