Following the UK Government’s tightening of track and trace measures last week, it is now mandatory for various organisations, including public authorities, to collect contact information for those visiting their establishments such as hotels, cafes, community centres or local libraries. These records can be called upon by contact tracing schemes such as the NHS Track and Trace Service to identify
In the news this week, it was reported that Public Health Wales suffered a personal data breach when details of over 18,000 people who had tested positive for COVID-19 were inadvertently made available online.
The data was available on the site for 20 hours. The breach occurred at 14:00 on 30 August and the BBC reports that an individual at
In a trial of two preliminary issues in Community R4C Ltd -v- Gloucestershire County Council [2020] EWHC 1803 (TCC) the Court held that a consortium was not an Economic Operator under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR 2015). Even if it was, in a hypothetical tender the consortium would not have had the financial standing to pass a hypothetical PQQ
HMLR will now be accepting witnessed electronic signatures for deeds effecting property transactions.
Due to the risks and implications associated with conveyancing transactions, the practice seems to advance into the digital era at a snail pace. However, HMLR has finally discarded the last requirement for hard copy deeds in recognition of increasing utilisation of online platforms for property sales, expectations
The Court of Appeal in the case of R (Bridges) -v- Chief Constable of South Wales Police and Others [2020] EWCA Civ 1058 overturned the High Court’s decision and found the use of facial recognition technology in this circumstance was unlawful.
The Court of Appeal determined that the use of facial recognition technology being used in the pilot project run
