The First-Tier Tribunal and the anonymisation of clinical trial data: a reasoned expression of Englishness…. which would have to be abandoned with the GDPR?

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon • 1 Comment

The Queen Mary University of London v (1) The Information Commissioner and (2) Alem Matthees, EA/2015/0269 case decided by the First-Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) (FTT(IR)) on 12 August 2016 is a fascinating decision. [Could it be a stylish expression of Englishness…. or otherness?] The case-facts concern a freedom of information request for clinical trial patient data … Continue reading →

anonymisation / big data / Data protection / Privacy / pseudonymisation

The Council of the EU and the proposed Genaral Data Protection Regulation… And what about pseudonymous data?

Posted on March 14, 2015 by Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon • 5 Comments

NGOs (non-governmental organisations) have been doing a good job recently in trying to explain where things stand in the process of re-drafting [and maybe one day adopting] the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You might remember that on 25 January 2012, the European Commission released a Proposed Revised Data Protection Legislative Framework, including the GDPR. … Continue reading →