Evidently this reinforces the link between A.8 and the DPA :the ICO’s finding that the recording and retention of audio data was a disproportionate interference with passengers’ privacy rights under Article 8 of the European Convention.
For background: see "The linking of data protection and human rights regime: see Information Commissioner’s enforcement proceedings links Article 8 to unlawful processing": http://amberhawk.typepad.com/amberhawk/2012/11/information-commissioners-enforcement-proceedings-links-article-8-to-unlawful-processing.html
Subject: [Panopticon Blog] Application of the DPA to surveillance activities
Panopticon Blog has posted a new item, 'Application of the DPA to surveillance activities'
By Julian Milford
The First-Tier Tribunal ("FTT") has just issued the first ever tribunal decision concerning the application of the Data Protection Act 1998 ("DPA") to surveillance activities: Southampton City Council v The Information Commissioner EA/2012/0171, 19 February 2013. In this case, the Council's licensing committee had resolved in 2009 that all taxis it licensed should [...]
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