In a guest post, Simon Deane-Johns, who was the Conference Chair, offers his thoughts on some of the themes covered at the SCL Technology Law Futures Conference held in the summer…
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A judgment from the CJEU suggests that the Audiovisual Media Services Directive may cover the short videos that are now such a common component of newspaper web sites….
According to the CJEU, the exchange of traditional currencies for units of the ‘bitcoin’ virtual currency is exempt from VAT…
Simon Deane-Johns reviews the final version of the new Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on payment services in the internal market. This article supersedes his article published online in June 2015….
In the first in our series of longer articles arising from the decision of the CJEU in Max Schrems v Data Protection Commissioner, Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer, offers his thoughts on the likely effects….
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Laurence Eastham reports on the Lecture from Dame Wendy Hall under the title ‘The Evolution of the Web: From the Wild West to a Brave New World?’…
Sarah Hill reports on the very successful meeting of the new SCL South West Group on 14 October, which considered free and open source software…
The ICO has imposed a monetary penalty on Pharmacy 2U for a breach of the first data protection principle, ie regarding fair and lawful processing of data….
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It’s still not too late to book for the SCL Annual Conference this coming Thursday (8th October). The programme covers a wide range of the current “hot topics” in Tech law. I’m looking forward to learning a lot. As well as the ideal way to catch up on Techlaw developments, the event is always a…
Dawn Ying reports from the SCL seminar hosted by Mayer Brown International LLP which asked ‘Can service providers accommodate the regulatory obligations and internal procedures for the financial service industry or do banks have to reassess their expectations of the cloud?’…