This is the second part of a three part post. In this part Aidan O’Neill considers EU secondary legislation on access to documents. […] Data protection and EU Institutions Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 was made by the EU legislature under reference Article 286 EC (what is now Article 16(2) TFEU, the provisions of which are…
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EU Law, Freedom of Information and Data Protection – Part 1 – Aidan O’Neill QC
Aidan O’Neill QC writes: […]These twin principles of freedom of information and of data protection are expressly recognised within the provisions of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (“TFEU”). […] Data protection and concerns with individual privacy Article 16(1) TFEU (formerly Article 286 EC) proclaims that “everyone has the right to the…
Hk: Collection and use of personal data for direct marketing
Gabriela Kennedy writes: Data protection is currently a hot topic in Hong Kong. This is largely due to the furore caused by the discovery of the large scale sale of personal data by Hong Kong’s Octopus Rewards Limited (a company owned by Octopus Holdings Limited) over a number of years. We reported previously that the…
UK: Case Law: Court of Appeal on Privacy and Anonymisation
Inforrm’s Blog discusses a case where the court may have been too lenient in granting anonymity in a case stemming from a commercial contractual dispute: On 14 December 2010 the Court of Appeal handed down judgment in the case of Pink Floyd Music Limited v EMI Records ([2010] EWCA Civ 1429) – a contractual dispute concerning…