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Is deciding to use google fonts the sort of decision that makes an entity a controller rather than a processor?
If the website collects personal data (for example an IP address) and decides to share that with a third party (for example Google) then it is by definition a data controller. The fact that the IP ...
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Is it legal to discriminate on marital status for car insurance/pensions etc.?
The UK is no longer an EU member and is able to depart from EU Directives (although in this case that hasn't happened, yet).
The Act here is UK law, the Equality Act 2010
The particular areas to ...
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Is it legal to discriminate on marital status for car insurance/pensions etc.?
I assume [the ECJ ruling] is based on discrimination law, of which gender is only one of a list of protected characteristics.
This is incorrect. The ECJ does not interpret or enforce UK national law, ...
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Postman signs for delivery himself. Any laws broken?
Forgery
A person is guilty of forgery if he makes a false instrument, with the intention that he or another shall use it to induce somebody to accept it as genuine, and by reason of so accepting it ...
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Challenge the appointment of the prime minister
united-kingdom
There is no direct legal mechanism for an ordinary member of the public to challenge the monarch's appointment of the Prime Minister such that it could force a different appointment.
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Challenge the appointment of the prime minister
There's an important step missing from the question (and the other answer): the incoming PM is appointed on the advice - or at least, the recommendation - of the outgoing PM*.
It is assumed that the ...
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Can computer performance metrics be personal data?
Device performance data can be personal data if it is tied to the individual user. Scorecard seems to attempt to generate user profiles which would seem to fall under GDPR.
Scorecard admits collecting ...
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Is it legal to photograph a nosy neighbour?
There are a few laws that may be relevant:
the tort of invasion of privacy relates to Article 8 of the HRA https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/42/schedule/1/part/I/chapter/7
what this means is ...
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What exactly is the law about a mobile phone on one's lap while driving?
Fingers Off Your Phone!
"is, or must be, held at some point during the course of making or receiving a call or performing any other interactive communication function"
This is trivial to ...
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As organisations, why are UK government departments not registered on Companies House or counterparts (like the Charity Commission)?
The simple answer is that the law determines whether organisations of different kinds need to be registered with some kind of registrar. If a type of organisation is not covered by any legislation, ...
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What drink riding law applies to electrically assisted pedal cycles?
There are two key terms in law:
mechanically propelled vehicle (MPV) - e.g. one which has some kind of motor. a normal bicycle is NOT an MPV, but if it has a motor, then it is. this is a 'common ...
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What authorisation would I need to disclose information from a dead friend's computer?
If your friend was in accounting, this must have been organised as some kind of business and someone has to legally take over that business. It is part of the inheritance so someone from the heirs. ...
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What is the UK equivalent of the bailiff of the court?
The clerk, the usher, and the court security officer
The court clerk sits at the front of the court and prepares the laptops/screens that are used to present evidence during the trial. They read the ...
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What authorisation would I need to disclose information from a dead friend's computer?
You must do what your contract says you must do
Don’t think you have a contract? Wrong. Services for beer - that’s a contract (and probably a tax violation if you didn’t declare it to HMR&C).
It ...
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Do patients have the right to foot moulds / models from chiropodists?
No and no
Second question first, the model or mould is the chiropodist’s work product and belongs to them in the same way that their other medical notes about the patient do. There is no legal ...
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What drink riding law applies to electrically assisted pedal cycles?
Bicycles are vehicles
australia
Australia’s road rules are universal (mostly) but implemented by legislation in each state and territory, so I’ll quote from new-south-wales.
s11 of the Road Rules 2014 ...
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Is it legal to photograph a nosy neighbour?
united-kingdom
Imagine a range of possible actions, from
(A) you doing nothing else with regard to your neighbour but on one occasion taking one photograph of him staring over your fence, to
(Z) you ...
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How does gambling on something when you have non-public information become cheating?
I have answered this question at length here.
Briefly, cheating in the offence of cheating has its common meaning, which may be “act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage”.
The ...
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