
Calls grow for curbs on misuse of SLAPPs
What is SLAPP litigation? SLAPP – Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation - refers to a lawsuit filed by powerful parties (such as, a corporation or a high profile business person) against non-government individuals or organisations that expressed a critical position on a substantive issue of some political interest or social significance. SLAPPs aim to censor critical speech by intimidating critics and draining their resources, until they have abandoned their criticis
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Lloyd v Google [2021] - Good News for Data Controllers
The Supreme Court has handed down judgment in Lloyd v Google on 10 November 2021 imposing boundaries on the expansion of the scope of personal data protection law. Background The case concerned Google placing advertising tracking cookies on iPhones using Apple’s ‘Safari’ browser in England and Wales between August 2011 and February 2012. This “Safari workaround” allowed certain default settings to be bypassed, thereby allowing targeted advertising to be displayed to users (de