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The Burden of Privacy In Discovery

Data Matters

11 As the Advisory Committee’s Note to the 1983 Amendment explained, the amended Rule sought to “prevent use of discovery to wage a war of attrition or as a device to coerce a party, whether financially weak or affluent.”12 One of the earlier cases to expressly make the point, in October 2018, Henson v. any designated tangible things.”36

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The debate on the Data Protection Bill in the House of Lords

Data Protector

When we do the weekly supermarket shop online, we should be able to move our shopping list electronically. Even if the Bill successfully aligns UK law with the EU data protection framework as at 25 May 2018, that does not mean that the Bill makes proper provision for the future. Perhaps the Government could respond on that point.

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Amid Growing Threats, White House Dismantles Top Cybersecurity Post

Data Matters

On May 15, 2018, various media outlets reported that the Trump administration decided to eliminate the position of White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. Howard Schmidt served as the first Cybersecurity Coordinator until 2012, succeeded by J. Michael Daniel who held the position through the end of the Obama administration.