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Yearly Archives: 2020
Parish council discloses personal information on Facebook
The situation Mr Matthew McConville at Irvings Law has successfully represented Mr David Norris (“Mr Norris”) from Walsall in an action for compensation against the Great Wyrley Parish Council (“The Council”) following their Breach of the Data Protection Act 2018…
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Met Police inaccurate recording of info as a result of racial stereotyping
The situation Mr Matthew McConville at Irvings Law has successfully represented a British Accountant (named for the purposes of this Case Report as “Mrs L”) in an action for compensation against the Metropolitan Police Force (“the Police”) following their inaccurate…
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Panic Applications – NHSX Contact Tracing App
The idea NHSX are a joint unit who “drive the digital transformation of care.”[1] They have produced a resolution to potentially help ease the restrictions and end lockdown sooner, without risking public safety in the form of a contact-tracing app.…
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Center Parcs unlawfully discloses employees’ personal information
The discovery Matthew McConville, Head of Irvings Law’s Data Breach department was instructed by several employees of Center Parcs following a member of their staff emailing a spreadsheet entitled “Housekeeping Brief” but it was in fact a spreadsheet containing personal…
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Man wins case against ex-employer following breach
Discovery Mr A was previously employed by a care home provider. Mr A left this employment in June 2019 and upon leaving the said employment, he requested that his personnel file was returned to him. The reason why Mr A…
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Lancashire County Council sued for serious breach
We all understand that Local Authorities must keep detailed records on the children under their care and supervision and their families. They also have a legal obligation to keep such sensitive and personal records confidential, except from the professional people…
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Mobile phone contents downloaded to a stranger
Discovery There is nothing more personal and sensitive than the entire contents of your mobile phone. We all have a responsibility to keep our phones safe and password protected but what if data was lost and the culprit turned out…
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Brexit & GDPR
Same protection Although Brexit is now over, the UK has thankfully not escaped the provisions of GDPR that is vastly becoming a significant and fundamental protection of our privacy and human rights. For now, the European Union (EU) GDPR will…
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The law in data breach cases
What is the Law? The Data Protection Act (DPA) 1998 was the legislation which governed how data should be stored and processed. It imposed a duty on organisations to protect people’s sensitive data. This was defined as information relating to…
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