Hunton & Williams provide more details on the newly passed Chinese tort law: Certain of its provisions relate, expressly or in a general sense, to personal information. These provisions can cause data users to incur liability to data subjects for the mishandling of personal information. In particular: The law (at Articles 2 and 6) states…
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UK: Stop and search rules declared illegal
Richard James reports: The European court of human rights has ruled the controversial stop and search powers exercised by British police as illegal. The court ruled on Tuesday the powers introduced by the government under the Terrorism Act 2000 to stop people without grounds for suspicion violated article eight of the European convention on human…
UK: Marco Pierre White case shows how family lawyers can get into a stew
Frances Gibb comments: All’s fair in love — and divorce. Or is it? It may surprise those unfamiliar with acrimonious divorce battles that courts condone a degree of DIY detective work. If someone suspects a spouse is lying about his or her financial affairs, courts will approve the secret rummaging through of papers to find…
Data Protection Day 2010
January 28, 2010 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Student Union Building 6136 University Avenue McInnes Room, 2nd floor Dalhousie is proud to announce that we will be hosting Data Protection Day 2010 on January 28, on our main campus. In response to enthusiastic feedback on our recent event, we have extended our program. We will…