A judgment from the Court of Appeal on 7 February 2014 in the case of Edem v The information Commissioner & Financial Services Authority [2014] EWCA Civ 92, has held that “a name is personal data unless it is so common that without further information, such as its use in a work context, a
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UK High Court Defines Tests To Determine if Data is Personal
This post was written by Cynthia O’Donoghue.
The UK High Court was forced to re-examine the concept of ‘personal data’ in the recent case of Kelway v The Upper Tribunal, Northumbria Police and the Information Commissioner (2013) EWHC 2575 (Admin). The case involved an application for judicial review by Dr Kelway against two…