The Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“) has brought a successful prosecution under the Computer Misuse Act 1990. Mustafa Kasim, a motor industry employee, was found guilty under section 1 of the Act (unauthorised access to computer material) and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment.[1] Mr Kasim worked for car repair business Nationwide Accident Repair Services (“NARS“), where […]

In the run up to the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679, there were various dystopian predictions of huge fines and the rise of US style class action.  Some of these claims have rightly been criticised as sales patter and scaremongering.  Yet GDPR does include powers to impose revenue based fines and […]

Effective January 1, 2020, a new game-changing privacy law will go into effect in California:  the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). The law will have profound implications for companies that collect personal information, as that term is broadly defined, about California consumers, even if the Company is not based in California. For many […]

The Financial Supervisory Authority in Finland (FIN-FSA) has on 16 October 2018 published an interpretation that provision of insurance against administrative fines and penalty payments is contrary to good insurance practice and is therefore not permitted. Interpretation of ‘Good Insurance Practice‘ According to the interpretation of the Financial Supervisory Authority (FIN-FSA), “it is contrary to good […]

By Denise Lebeau-Marianna and Caroline Chancé   Many questions surround the Blockchain’s compatibility with EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The French Data Protection Supervisory Authority (the CNIL) has recently published its initial thoughts on this topic, providing some responses and practical recommendations on how the usage of a blockchain may be compatible with GDPR and more generally […]