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About Tamar Shafran

Tamar Shafran is an intellectual property lawyer at RPC. She studied Government and Law at the London School of Economics and trained and qualified as a solicitor at Denton Wilde Sapte LLP. Her experience covers a wide range of intellectual property rights, both contentious and non contentious. Tamar has a particular interest in privacy issues and has frequently advised on data protection law, website terms and conditions and confidentiality. She has also delivered seminars on IP rights and written numerous articles in IP journals including European Intellectual Property Law Review and the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice.

UK referred to ECJ over internet privacy

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Tamar Shafran

On 30 September 2010 the European Commission announced that it referred the UK to the European Court of Justice for its alleged failure to implement EU laws on the confidentiality of electronic communications such as emails or internet browsing. The … read more

Google escapes fine over Street View breach

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Tamar Shafran

Google’s Street View service has escaped a financial penalty despite being found to breach the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA). Google Street View allows users to explore and navigate neighbourhoods through panoramic street level photographs. In touring the UK’s roads … read more

School photographs, data protection and common sense

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Tamar Shafran

In the run up to Christmas the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a press release confirming that the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) does not prevent family and friends from taking photographs at school concerts or plays.  While this … read more