Cracking the Code
In a further preview of our Tech Law Masterclass, here is Rosemary Jay on the role of codes of practice under the Data Protection Act 2018….
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SCL Sponsored Events – Latest Development in Egypt
A second workshop in Egypt sponsored by SCL, in association with other organisations, was held on 24 September and appears to have been a great success. We have had a report of the event from SCL Ambassador Dr Mohamed N. Elguindy, Program Director, Cybercrime Faculty of Law, The British University in Egypt: The Faculty of…
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Guidance on Age-verification Arrangements from the BBFC
The British Board of Film Classification has published guidance relating to age-verification arrangements as they affect access to pornography on the Internet…
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The Regulated End of Internet Law, and the Return to Computer and Information Law?
It seemed unfair to hang on to this article from Professor Chris Marsden, another in our Tech Law Masterclass series for the October/November issue, when Internet regulation is such a hot topic. Chris looks back at the Internet’s legal history, with a view to helping us to move forward in an informed manner…
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When to Conduct DPIAs?
Kuan Hon analyses the EDPB’s first set of consistency opinions on national DPIA lists…
A Message about Media
In this, the second ‘teaser’ for the Tech Law Masterclass series of articles which will appear in the October/November issue of Computers & Law, Daithí Mac Síthigh considers approaches to regulation of communications of all kinds, reflecting on lessons from the past – especially lessons about categorisation and how specific regulation should be…
In-house Lawyers and Legal Tech
An interesting new report on in-house lawyers’ attitudes to legal tech has been published by Lexis…
Consent to Marketing E-mails
Cynthia O’Donoghue and Katalina Bateman report on the first tribunal case overturning an ICO fine for sending marketing emails without opt-in consent. It is a case based on the consent rules pre-GDPR…
Book Review: Blockchain and the Legal Profession
Neil Brown reviews ‘Blockchain and the Legal Profession’ and isn’t convinced……
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CJEU Judgment on the Meaning of ‘trader’
According to the Court of Justice of the European Union, a person who publishes a number of sales advertisements on a website is not automatically a ‘trader’ but that activity may be regarded as a ‘commercial practice’ if that person is acting for purposes relating to his or her trade, business, craft or profession…