'Sex, Lies and Unfairly Processed Data: The Information Torts in Practice' - Hugh Tomlinson QC: CIPIL Seminar

Hugh Tomlinson QC, Matrix Chambers, spoke on the topic of 'Sex, Lies and Unfairly Processed Data: The Information Torts in Practice' at a seminar on 1 February 2018. Hugh Tomlinson QC is one of the leading practitioners in media and information law. He has appeared in many of the most important and innovative cases in recent years including Clift v Slough BC, Mosley v Google, PJS v News Group Newspapers and Vidal-Hall v Google. He is currently representing five and half million iPhone users in the Lloyd v Google Inc, the first "opt out" data protection action to be brought in the English Courts. He has a wide-ranging practice in both private and public law. His practice also includes advisory work and litigation in the freedom of information field. He is joint author of the leading practitioner texts on the law of human rights and on civil actions against the police and has, most recently edited Online Publication Claims: A Practical Guide. For more information see the CIPIL website at http://www.cipil.law.cam.ac.uk