These are questions arising from the Podcast: SCL Foundations of IT Law Programme: Module 3 – Outsourcing Law and Practice. Course code HW/SFCL:OC18 – CPD: 2 hours….
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Isleworth Crown Court has sentenced a private investigator who was convicted of conspiracy to commit offences under the Data Protection Act. The lead conspirator has been ordered to pay £89,000….
Questions arising from the April/May 2014 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC17 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
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Special deal While IT law continues to have its niche practices and IT lawyers still occasionally focus on issues of great obscurity, the awful truth that IT law is central to legal practice can no longer be denied. I was reminded of the downside of this by a humorous tweet from an academic tweeter, @Cybermatron,…
Dr Julia Hornle analyses the recent major judgment of the CJEU, which declared the Data Retention Directive to be invalid…
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Mark Crichard and Ben Nicholson look at the lessons that can be taken from a recent High Court dispute involving Fujitsu and IBM…
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Scott Allardyce considers the effects of digital licences on consumer rights, in a world where simple ownership is of fading importance…
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Joel Harrison reflects on the Article 29 Working Party’s endorsement of Microsoft’s agreement for cloud services, which he sees a very significant development for the cloud computing industry. This is partly because Microsoft is such a major vendor and its terms are of interest to so many, but also because the DPAs have always been very reticent about commenting on individual vendors’ terms and this may signal an important shift in approach…
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The most recent meeting of the Article 29 Working Party led to a number of initiatives and the adoption of Opinions of real importance…
The CJEU has ruled that, by prematurely bringing to an end the term served by its Data Protection Supervisor, Hungary has infringed EU law…
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