Keeping control of personal information in the digital age: Efficacy and equivalence of tortious and GDPR/DPA remedial relief? (2022)
Journal Article
Brimblecombe, F., & Fenwick, H. (2022). Keeping control of personal information in the digital age: Efficacy and equivalence of tortious and GDPR/DPA remedial relief?. Law Quarterly Review, 138, 456-480

A global recognition of the threat to the protection of private information online, coming in particular from the big “tech” companies, is currently increasingly apparent. The same concerns, this article will argue, are driving significant legislati... Read More about Keeping control of personal information in the digital age: Efficacy and equivalence of tortious and GDPR/DPA remedial relief?.

‘An endlessly strange experience’: Experiences of media reporting on criminal courts during the Covid-19 pandemic (2022)
Report
Smith, T., Reardon, S., Keppel-Palmer, M., & Gross, B. (2022). ‘An endlessly strange experience’: Experiences of media reporting on criminal courts during the Covid-19 pandemic. University of the West of England

It is well established that the news media plays a pivotal role ‘in facilitating open justice’ by reporting on the proceedings of the courts. Following the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic and the shutting of physical court rooms in England and Wales i... Read More about ‘An endlessly strange experience’: Experiences of media reporting on criminal courts during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Protecting private information in the digital era: making the most effective use of the availability of the actions under the GDPR/DPA and the tort of misuse of private information (2022)
Journal Article
Brimblecombe, F., & Fenwick, H. (2022). Protecting private information in the digital era: making the most effective use of the availability of the actions under the GDPR/DPA and the tort of misuse of private information. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 73(AD1), 26-73. https://doi.org/10.53386/nilq.v73iAD1.937

Globally, enhanced data protection schemes are being introduced in the face of threats to privacy in the digital era. In England and Wales protection from one such threat – from unconsented-to disclosures of private information online - is covered by... Read More about Protecting private information in the digital era: making the most effective use of the availability of the actions under the GDPR/DPA and the tort of misuse of private information.