Articles by ‘Georgina Jones’

The UK GDPR sets out seven key principles. One of these is “lawfulness, fairness and transparency”. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has recently developed guidance on how transparency can be implemented in health and…

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has published its latest State of Care Report, which looks at the quality of care over the past year. Issues identified last year, such as staffing levels, have continued…

Further case law has arisen in the data protection landscape, adding to the series of Defendant friendly Court decisions over the past year. It is becoming increasingly difficult for claims management firms to litigate…

ClientEarth is an environmental charity using the law to address the global climate issues. They currently have 168 active cases tackling pressing environmental challenges in over 50 countries. Such cases include action against Shell…

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) have published information about the mandatory data to be provided via the Capacity Tracker from 31 July 2022. The purpose of the Capacity Tracker is to…

Individuals have a right under the NHS Constitution to request that their personal confidential data is not used for any purpose “beyond [their] own care and treatment”. The national data opt-out, which was implemented…

Health and social care providers will often be presented with requests for records from service users or their relatives. It is important for providers to only disclose information to those with authority to request…

Many businesses will have experienced an email being sent to the wrong person, often due to a simple typo. Since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation in May 2018, there has been…

The High Court has recently handed down judgment in the case of Darren Lee Warren v DSG Retail Limited [2021] EWHC 2168 (QB), a decision that may reduce the growing number of data breach litigation by claims management companies (“CMCs”).