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While a data centre owner could spy on their customers, its not part of normal business. Leaving aside contractual terms, running a data centre is a low-margin business, so keeping unnecessary logs is …

From GDPR Article 2: This Regulation applies to the processing of personal data wholly or partly by automated means and to the processing other than by automated means of personal data which form …

"Shall be able to demonstrate" means what it says. It does not mean having a signed piece of paper. Typically your database will have a boolean field with "True" indicating that the user has clicked …

This article basically says "it depends": If it is genuinely used to improve tenant safety then that is OK, but if it is used to track your private life then that is not acceptable. Cameras that cov …

Against this, the impact on the user's privacy has to be considered, and location data is "special category data" because it can reveal medical information (e.g. hospital attendance) or religious affiliation …

There are 6 "lawful bases" (i.e. plural of "basis") under which you are permitted to process personal data. Consent is only one. The others are: (b) Contract: the processing is necessary for a contra …

A company does not have the right to privacy that an individual has, so if all your customers are companies then you are probably in the clear, at least as far as the GDPR is concerned. …

The GDPR requires that the data is "processed" (which includes just being stored) in ways that trace back to the "bases" for processing. Once the company has no reason to store the data it should be d …

The definition is very problematical. It looks like it was drafted by someone who had talked to a programmer but not really understood what they heard. It tries to cover all malware under the heading …

This is specifically addressing Q2 about ICANN. Unfortunately I don't think you can do anything about the domain without a court order. ICANN doesn't actually handle disputes itself; you make any com …

You want to exercise your right to erasure under the GDPR. The link is to the UK Information Comissioner's Office, which is a good source of authoritative information about the GDPR. Note that in thes …

The territorial scope of the GDPR is defined in Article 3. It covers "personal data of data subjects who are in the Union", whether they are EU citizens or not. So to answer your questions: 1) are …

The United Kingdom Investigatory Powers Act 2016 would permit this. Under the IPA the Home Secretary can issue a Bulk Interception Warrant for communications relating to serious crime. These warrants …