Questions tagged [united-kingdom]
For questions specific to the United Kingdom. Note that the UK does not have a common legal system across its jurisdictions - consider using [scotland] or [england-and-wales] or [northern-ireland].
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In UK law, what weight does an organisation's stated keywords/values have?
I'm dealing with an organisation (a UK regulator) that claims, amongst other things to be Decent and Ethical[1]. They splash these values everywhere, their emails and website, pretty well anywhere ...
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How does gambling on something when you have non-public information become cheating?
It is in the news that the UK Prime Ministers closest parliamentary aide placed a £100 bet on a July election just three days before the prime minister named the date. There is a question about the ...
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What is the legal situation if one is owed money but no longer have access to the bank account associated with the account?
There is a situation presented in The Guardian
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In November last year, I unexpectedly rediscovered an unused national lottery app on my mobile phone with ...
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Under what circumstances can an insurance company claim back the cost of setting up a policy?
There is a news story about a 15-year-old Citroën that was towed by the council and the owner was not informed. The owner assumed it was stolen, claimed against the insurance and was paid out. ...
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Phone Video Footage [closed]
I'm in the UK and having a problems with my neighbour. They recorded an incident on their phone and have sent it to my landlord. I have asked the landlord for a copy of the footage as I believe it may ...
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Does there exist an example of meaningful information about an automated individual decision-making algorithm?
The GDPR Article 14 includes provisions for the data subject to have meaningful information about an automated individual decision-making algorithm that which produces legal effects concerning him or ...
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Does the GDPR right to deletion in Art. 17 effectively include some "disproportionate effort" exception?
Some provisions of the GDPR have explicit exceptions about "disproportionate effort". Particularly relevant is the one in Article 19:
The controller shall communicate any rectification or ...
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What exactly is a decision wrt. GDPR Automated individual decision-making?
The GDPR Article 22 provides rights relating to automated individual decision-making, including profiling. It starts:
The data subject shall have the right not to be subject to a decision based ...
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Could it be illegal to register ones child at state school when one has no intention of sending them?
It is in the news that a "parent action group" on Facebook is encouraging members to register at state schools even if they don't want to take up a place. This is a protest against Labour ...
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Are airports allowed to charge whatever they like for 'drop-off' areas?
This question has been rumbling in my head for some time, but was prompted by an article about taxi drivers striking due to an airport surcharge on their passengers. I don't fly often but know those ...
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Can I tape a prepaid envelope to a brick and post it?
A friend once complained about how much unsolicited mail he received, and claimed that he'd got his revenge on the Readers Digest, which had resisted his attempts to stop them sending him stuff. He ...
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How can mens rea in illegal staring be proved beyond reasonable doubt?
I saw this in London tube the other day:
Intrusive staring of a sexual nature is sexual harassment and is not tolerated.
See it or experience it on public transport? Always report by texting British ...
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Is the BBC website out of compliance with the UK cookie regulations regarding consent and nudging techniques?
The United Kingdom's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) requires websites to make it as easy to reject non-essential cookies as to accept them and also outlaws "nudging techniques", ...
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Buying, rebinding, and reselling books
If I were to buy a load of old books and rebind them artistically in leather, would I be free to resell them?
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Are investment funds allowed to not invest in companies for ethical reasons?
It is in the news that both Hay and the Edinburgh international book festival have ended its sponsorship with the investment fund Baillie Gifford over their investment in fossil fuels and the Israeli ...
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