Please see below for the Blake Lapthorn Data Protection and Freedom of Information team's news and updates from across the website.

UK data protection law and "cookies": an update

15 Feb 2012

Our Information Technology team set out some practical guidance and steps businesses should be taking to ensure they are fully compliant with the new law on cookies.

up2date legal news for social housing - 24 October

24 Oct 2011

Our Social Housing group looks at data protection failures in housing associations.

up2date legal news for social housing - 28 June

28 Jun 2011

Our Social housing group looks at the annoucement that the Government will consult with housing associations on whether to extend the scope of the Freedom of Information Act to include them.

nursery and childcare news - September

07 Sep 2009

There isn’t a right or wrong approach to CCTV in settings but there are both commercial and legal considerations. This article outlines a few things you should think about.

privacy expanded by European Court of Human Rights

20 May 2009

A recent decision of the ECHR has found that taking a photograph without consent constitutes a breach of an invididual's privacy even if that photograph is never published.

View the link for archived data protection news and updates.

For further information please contact Simon Stokes in the Data Protection and Freedom of Information team on 020 7814 5482 or email simon.stokes@bllaw.co.uk.