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Austen Hays announced it has filed a claim in the High Court, asserting that Grindr violated data protection rules by unlawfully handling and disclosing users’ 'highly sensitive' medical information to third parties without permission. According to the firm, advertising partners including Localytics and Apptimize received private data from Grindr’s users between May 2018 and April 2020, and potentially for a longer period, the firm added in its claim. Founded in 2009, the app calls itself 'the largest social networking app for gay, bi, trans and queer people', claiming 'millions of daily users' who use its location-based technology to connect across more than 190 countries. Austen Hays said the breaches enabled a 'potentially unlimited number' of third parties to direct advertisements at users and tailor those promotions. These third parties either delivered adverts themselves or operated as so-called adtech intermediaries, with the potential to pass data on to additional entities. The allegations concern data protection law...

Meta Platforms’ WhatsApp Ireland should be permitted to challenge a decision by a group of EU data protection authorities at the EU courts, because it was ‘directly concerned’ by that decision, a legal opinion for the Court of Justice of the European Union states. Advocate General Tamara Ćapeta of the EU Court of Justice, in a non-binding opinion (see here), advised the EU’s top court should find action for annulment admissible and refer the case back to the General Court. The case arises from a dispute over a decision of Ireland’s Data Protection Commission. In August 2021, the DPC fined WhatsApp €225m for failing to meet transparency duties under the General Data Protection Regulation. The opinion says ‘the appellant is directly concerned by’ the European Data Protection Board’s decision and ‘the contested decision is of individual concern to the appellant’...

Questions from parliamentarians surfaced today after the UK’s Ofcom received a notably short roster of foreign counterparts for co‑operation formally announced under the new OSA 2023. Ministers offered assurances that additional nations will follow, and that such arrangements will lessen the burden for supervisors and those they regulate alike. The draft Online Safety (List of Overseas Regulators) Regulations 2024 would expand Ofcom’s international co‑operation powers, enabling continuation within the framework of the Act. It authorises the regulator to share online safety information with overseas peers to support oversight online and assist criminal investigation efforts. However, the recognised equivalents presently comprise authorities from France, the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland and Australia, plus the European Commission, which is now assuming a direct online safety role via Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, the EU Digital Services Act too...

Practice Note This Practice Note sets out guidance on the court’s authority to order periodical payments and/or lump sums covering school fees and other educational or training outgoings. It outlines the steps to be taken in matters involving parents who are or have been married or in a civil partnership, as well as in situations where the parents have never been married or in a civil partnership, and prescribes the process to follow. Significant limits apply to the court’s ability to make periodical payment orders for a child where the Child Maintenance Service (CMS) has, or would have, competence to carry out a maintenance calculation. Even so, the court still has power to direct that a parent, or any person who has treated the relevant child as a child of the family, must pay or contribute towards the expense of a child receiving instruction at an educational institution, or undertaking training for a trade, profession, or vocation (whether or not in paid work). Most frequently, such directions concern the...

Communicating your viewpoint with calm assurance is vital for any legal professional, yet many of us at times feel far from assertive. This Practice Note sets out what may trigger fluctuations in your assertiveness and what you can do to support yourself. What is assertiveness? People often speak about assertiveness without clearly stating what they mean. Collins defines it as ‘the quality of being able to express one’s opinions or desires in a clear and direct manner’. Assertiveness involves trusting yourself and standing up for your own rights while still respecting the rights of others. It is founded on the belief that other people’s needs and rights are just as important as our own. Assertive individuals can express themselves confidently, explain their position and what outcome they want, without slipping into passive, aggressive or manipulative behaviour. Those with strong assertiveness skills show genuine interest in and care for others. They have high self‑esteem and faith in themselves, which they project without overwhelming anyone. Such people communicate their...

E&W Brussels I (recast)—dealing with insurance matters [Archived] ARCHIVED : This Practice Note is archived and is not being maintained. It assists in identifying which EU Member state’s courts hold jurisdiction to determine an insurance claim. In particular, it examines the amendments in Regulation (EU) 1215/2012, Brussels I (recast), insofar as they concern insurance. Those provisions are found in Chapter II, Section 3, Articles 10–15 of the Regulation. The Note reviews the basic principle that a defendant is to be sued in the state of their domicile, together with departures from that principle when the insured—treated as the weaker party—is involved. It also surveys the position where the parties are on an equal footing. Further safeguards are discussed where there could otherwise be tacit prorogation of jurisdiction, as well as the effect of an agreed jurisdiction clause in an insurance dispute. The Practice Note includes Court of Justice rulings that post-date the UK’s exit from the EU. For guidance on how these should be applied, see Impact of UK’s...

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It can be useful to review, in sequence, the following key points: the obligation in section 1 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA 1996) to issue a written statement of employment particulars the terms of the contract of employment an employer’s Human Resource (HR)-related policies the use of electronic signatures Written statement of employment particulars Under ERA 1996, s 1(1), an employer must also provide a worker with a written statement setting out the specified particulars of employment identified in ERA 1996, s 1(3) and (4). For more detailed guidance on this duty, see Practice Note: Written statements of employment particulars. Where the particulars concern sick leave and pay, other paid leave, pension rights and training, the statement may instead direct the worker to another document that is reasonably accessible (ERA 1996, ss 1(4)(d)(ii)–(iii), 1(4)(l) and 2(2))...