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In this issue: Data protection Daily and weekly news alerts New and updated content Data protection EU GDPR obligations and platform liability (X v Russmedia) The host of an online marketplace that carried an advert was held to have breached its duties under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (EU GDPR), although it took down listing within an hour of a removal request. The court determined it acted as a joint controller for the sensitive personal data in the advert and ought to have had pre-publication safeguards in place to (i) detect advertisements before any listing went live online...

Re Hall Media Group Ltd [2023] EWHC 3110 (Ch), [2023] All ER (D) 58 (Dec) What are the practical implications of this case? When resisting a debt, the court must be given sufficient detail to show any challenge is real and weighty. As explained at [33], where the respondent cannot quantify the claim relied on for set-off or cross-claim, the disputed sum may not evidence an inability to meet debts as they fall due. The figure is indeterminate and must be assessed before any net balance is payable, and that stance may then require other proof about solvency or capacity to pay. What was the background? Hall Media Group (HMG) agreed to pay the British Film Institute a £200,000 sponsorship fee plus £40,000 VAT under an agreement labelled ‘Partnership Agreement’, which in substance was only a one‑year sponsorship arrangement. It was common ground that the sponsorship sum fell due and was not paid by 12 December 2021. The petitioner had the contractual right to terminate the...

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