Honouring the Breach
A recent appeal against a monetary penalty notice shows the need to recognise a data breach where the duty to notify applies…
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Apple, Tax and State Aid
The EU Commission find that Ireland gave illegal tax benefits to Apple worth up to €13 billion…
Editorial
This issue has a special focus on algorithms, government and the law which I hope will awaken an interest in the topic among SCL members. I am very grateful to John Danaher and Rónán Kennedy for their help in producing these articles, which arise from a seminar organised by Galway University. For reasons of space…
CPD Online: August/September 2016 Edition of Computers & Law
Questions arising from the August/September 2016 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC46 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
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Net Neutrality Guidelines
BEREC has published guidelines on net neutrality…
GDPR and the ICO: Influenced or Independent?
Tim Turner looks at the strange shift in the ICO’s position on the GDPR which seems to raise important questions about the Information Commissioner’s independence….
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Internet Giants and Other Fairy Tales
When I find myself on the verge of defending Google, Facebook and Twitter, I take a deep breath, a strong drink and decide it’s best to sleep on it. That’s what I did yesterday. But I am afraid that, even after a day of sunshine, I still feel the need to come to their defence….
Internet ‘Giants’ and Extremism on the Web
The Home Affairs Committee has published a new report which says that social media giants like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are ‘consciously failing’ to combat the use of their sites to promote terrorism and killings and that these networks have become ‘the vehicle of choice in spreading propaganda and the recruiting platforms for terrorism’….
The Legal Consequences of Genetic Prediction
Aisling de Paor highlights some of the ethical and legal concerns arising with use of algorithms based on genetic information, and advocates the need to appropriately control and regulate these new technologies….
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When Algorithms Kill
Peter Gallagher considers the autonomous weapons debate in international humanitarian law…