

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Privacy, Data and Surveillance: Law and Practice (2026)
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 16 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 am – Tue, 17 Feb, 2026 at 05:45 pm
- **Event Description**: An in-person 2-day CPD course exploring core privacy law topicsAbout this EventFor the tenth year in succession, the Institute of Brand and Innovation Law’s highly regarded, privacy and data course will be held at the Faculty of Laws on February 16th and 17th 2026.In 2026 a significant part of the event will explore aspects of the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act, its implementation and regulation. The IPA is legislation that regulates the powers of intelligence agencies and law enforcement to intercept communications and access data. This section of the course should be of interest to anyone interested in free speech, press freedom, modern democracy and accountability.The customary group of world class speaker will address a variety of other topics. In 2026 these other topics will include:Data Protection and International Data TransfersConsent in Data Broking and Ad Sales TechPress, Publicity and PrivacyCurrent Cases from Privacy InternationalBiometric Data: Its Collection &amp; GovernanceNon-Disclosure Agreements: Their Use &amp; AbuseThe Forum Internum &amp; Emerging TechnologiesData, Security &amp; Law EnforcementEnd to End Encryption - Requirements in the Online Safety Act.The 2026 Keynote will be delivered by Professor Barry Friedman, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor of Law and Affiliated Professor of Politics, NYU School of Law, NY, USA. Professor Freidman will discuss Live Facial Recognition, Policing and Law Enforcement in the USAThe course takes a cross-disciplinary approach. This combination of law and practice is important if we are to take the practical implementation of privacy, of data protection and data security seriously.Places are limited and early booking is advisedPrevious year’s students have been complimentary, labelling their experience:• “Fascinating.”• “an excellent, if not terrifying, overview”;• “brilliant, very information intense, but wonderfully conveyed”;• “the right mixture of factual information and philosophical debate”;• “The best course I have ever attended”.The Schedule -DAY 1 – 16 February 202609:00 IntroductionSpeaker: Professor Amanda Harcourt, UCL09:30 Session 1: The Forum Internum: The freedom to think.In human rights law, the forum internum is our right to keep our own thoughts in our own minds, irrespective of what these thoughts might be or whomever they might upset or enrage. How has this concept developed and to what extent is it being eroded by today’s technologies and government policies?Speaker: Louise Hooper, Garden Court Chambers10:30 Session 2: Privacy, Reputation and the Public InterestAn overview of current and developing case law governing celebrity, personal privacy, the press and other mainstream media.Speaker: Andy Lee, Partner, Brandsmiths LLP11:30 Refreshment break11:45 Session 3: Privacy International Current CasesGovernments and corporations are using technology to exploit us. Abuses of power can threaten our freedoms and the very things that make us human. Privacy International is a non-profit body that challenges such abuses in the courts, both domestic and international. We review their current case load, past successes and some failures.Speaker: Ilia Siatsis, Privacy International12:45 Lunch Break13:30 Session 4: Data Interception &amp; the History of Surveillance:Exactly what it says on the tin!Speaker: Bernard Keenan, UCL14.30 Session 5: Introducing the UK's Investigatory Powers LegislationThis session will introduce students to the key themes of the recently-amended Investigatory Powers Act 2016, from the perspective of a telecommunications operator potentially facing obligations under it, and give practical tips on what one might do if one is on the receiving end of a request for assistance.Speaker: Neil Brown, decoded.legal15:30 Session 6: State Discretion in National Security Cases - a rethink?National security cases traditionally require Courts and Tribunals to give discretion to state bodies and witnesses, particularly in respect of assessment of risk. What is the justification for this discretion? Do recent cases require a rethink?Speaker: Jude Bunting KC,16:30 Refreshment break16.45 Session 7: The Independent Review of Applications under the Investigatory Powers ActThe IPA is not without its critics. But the Act does not operate without scrutiny. It is regulated by the IP Commissioner’s Office. A representative from the Commissioner Office will outline the regulatory framework and its application.Speaker: Paul Williams, Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office17:45 Day 1 endsDAY 2 – 17 February 202609:30 Session 8: Personal Data and International SecurityEuropol, a long-time contributor to this course, supports both EU Member States and many non-EU partner states and international organisations. Data security and accuracy is absolutely vital in Europol’s work to prevent and combat all forms of serious international and organised crime, cybercrime and terrorism.Speaker: Daniel Drewer, Europol10:30 Session 9: End to End Encryption and Technological Governance in the OSAThe Online Safety Act may have laudable goals but it places controversial technical obligations upon technology companies. Do these threaten free speech, or jeopardise proprietary information and personal privacy?Speaker: Jessica Shurson, University of Sussex11:30 Refreshment break11:45 Session 10: Non-Disclosure Agreements Their Use &amp; AbuseShould contracts designed to secure privacy and maintain confidentiality be allowed to conceal iniquity in relation to either corporations or the private lives of high-profile individuals?Speaker: Edward Kemp KC12:45 Lunch break13:30 Session 11: The Regulation of Personal Data &amp; Data TransfersIn a global marketplace the rules regulating the international sharing of personal data and preventing the misuse of private information are complex. We examine current case law and the international regulatory regime that affects us all.Speaker: Jacob O’Brien, Brandsmiths14.35 Session 12: The Consent Conundrum: Data Broking and Ad Sales TechThe delivery of advertising and marketing has undergone a digital transformation in the last 20 years. Digital media is now at the heart of any successful campaign, but brand owners and agencies are also increasingly dependent on technology platforms to control the development, delivery and targeting of digital content. What contractual standards are there for the procuring and supply of ad tech and digital advertising? And what are the consents secured in this system by which private companies make profits by collecting the public’s personal data, from both public sources and private sources, and selling and licensing our data to third parties for a host of uses.Speaker: Mark Hersey, Lewis Silkin15:30 Refreshment break15:45 Session 13: Biometric Data &amp; its Governance:Whether it is facial recognition systems, our fingerprints, our DNA, our voices or even our gait, all allow third parties to identify us. In some, if not most instances, this may be unexceptionable, but the use of our unique identifying characteristics should be collected, stored and used with caution. We examine the regulatory regime affecting the use of our biometric data.Speaker: Mark Hersey, Lewis Silkin16:30 KEYNOTE: Live Facial Recognition, Policing and Law Enforcement in the USAProfessor Barry Friedman, Jacob D. Fuchsberg Professor of Law and Affiliated Professor of Politics, NYU School of Law.17:30 Course endsAssociated PUBLIC LECTURE - 21st January 2026The guest speaker for 2026 will be announced shortly. Each year the course is preceded by a public lecture on a related subject. Past speakers have included cyber security expert Mikko Hypponen and data privacy campaigner, Max Schrems. In 2025 two journalists and their KC discussed their successes in December 2025 at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.
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- **Event Categories**: Workshops, Business, Nonprofit
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- **city**: London
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: UCL Faculty of Laws
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- **full address**: UCL Faculty of Laws, Bentham House, London, United Kingdom

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- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Mon, 16 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
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- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
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