Tag: Data Protection Act 2018
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David Erdos: Lost in Inaction? The Statutory Reports on Media Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Editors’ note: This post was originally published on 12 February 2025 Section 179 of the Data Protection Act (DPA) 2018 places the Secretary of State under a duty to ensure that a Report is “la[id] before Parliament” on both the “use” and “effectiveness” of “relevant alternative dispute resolution procedures” in cases involving actual or alleged failures by media organisations, other than broadcasters, “to comply with…
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David Erdos: Leave to Remain? Data Protection’s ‘Immigration Exemption’ Returns to Court
With both the Illegal Migration Bill and the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill currently before Parliament, it is clear that both immigration control and data protection are high on the UK political agenda. Both areas have also been prominent before the courts. Moreover, litigation by the Open Rights Group and the The3million…
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Bethany Shiner: How Does the Data Protection Act 2018 Empower the Information Commissioner to Tackle the Misuse of Personal Data in Political Campaigns?
Introduction Following on from an earlier piece on this blog which highlighted some of the gaps in the legal framework relating to the use of personal data for political purposes in campaign material, this will consider whether the Data Protection Act 2018, which implements the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), provides the regulator with enough…