16 December 2020

Wishing all our clients, colleagues and friends warm seasons greetings. Thank you for all your support in 2020.  We look forward to working with you in the New Year. With very warm wishes, Naomi, Patrick, Maddie & everyone at Naomi Korn Associates Our home offices will be closed on 18th December and will be re-opening […]

11 December 2020

By Amalyah Keshet, Senior Consultant The closure – and re-opening and re-closing – of cultural institutions has been severely financially damaging in a number of ways, affecting income, staff, mission, and the visiting public.  While many museums have moved online with a remarkable outpouring of creativity, the bottom line has been badly damaged for heritage […]

2 December 2020

By Carol Tullo, OBE, Senior Consultant In recent months, and perhaps a little under the radar with so much else going on, two significant initiatives that focus on the protection of children have been published.  The UK Government’s Online Harms White Paper in 2019 highlighted that 99% of 12-15 year olds in the UK were […]

19 November 2020

By Faye Cheung, Researcher Libraries, archives, museums and galleries have a responsibility to safe-guard their collections, including making sure that they are well looked after, preserved, and safe protected from loss and theft (including on site and online). Fortunately, whilst such incidents are relatively rare, famous incidents in libraries include the ‘Transy Book Heist’,[1] or […]

9 November 2020

By Faye Cheung, Researcher The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) recently published its audit report of the Department of Education (DfE). It launched an investigation into DfE after receiving complaints over its handling of the National Pupil Database. The database contains information on every pupil in England – that’s over 21 million data subjects. One of […]

21 October 2020

By Amalyah Keshet, Senior Consultant For every reason imaginable, the recent death of US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) shouldn’t go unmentioned – even in the realm of copyright. Justice Ginsburg leaned in general towards strong copyright protection; unsurprisingly, she found favour in the entertainment industry. Upon her passing, Motion Picture Association Chairman Charles […]

14 October 2020

By Faye Cheung, Researcher Background: Schrems I In 2015 Max Schrems, a law student at the time, took the Irish Data Protection Commissioner to court over inaction against complaints that he had made about Facebook. The case was considered by the European Court of Justice (CJEU) after The Guardian’s exposé of a US National Security […]

24 September 2020

By Amalyah Keshet, Senior Consultant An interesting question came up recently in a museum copyright forum based across the pond.  The issue is one that I think has application anywhere one deals with agreements and licences drawn up with artists, authors, and other creators.  National legal differences may exist, but it’s still a good example […]

11 September 2020

By Faye Cheung, Researcher The UK’s information rights regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published its Annual Report for 2019/20. It has been a busy 12 months for the independent body, which identified the year as a key period in data protection and broader information rights, with privacy being established as a ‘mainstream concern’. […]

28 August 2020

By Naomi Korn and Faye Cheung Naomi and Faye reflect on the lawfulness of the Government’s Track and Trace systems, discuss protecting personal data post COVID-19 and provide top tips regarding keeping data secure. Lawfulness of the Government’s Track and Trace Systems Online security and privacy considerations will underpin the technological solutions transforming the shift […]

25 August 2020

By Matthew Bailey Why it is important that cultural heritage institutions don’t get fixated on an all-or-nothing approach to the re-use of digital content In a previous blog published by Debbie McDonnell[1], she highlighted the increasing number of UK museums and galleries making digital images available under the terms of open content licences. Most of […]

6 August 2020

By Naomi Korn and Faye Cheung Naomi and Faye look at the published guidance for GDPR and AI by Alan Turing Institute and ICO as well as New Child Code Discussed by Parliament which allows children aged 13 and over to create their own account on specified age appropriate social media platforms. AI and GDPR […]