The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament has voted through an amended version of the data protection reform package. The associated excitement may be misplaced, or at least a little overstated. But SCL members may find the unofficial consolidated version of the regulation of real interest….
CPD questions arising from Dr Ian Brown’s SCL Policy Forum Keynote Lecture on 12 September: O TEMPORA, O Mores – Can the Law Control Digital Leviathan? SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC8 – CPD: 1 hour…
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A ruling by the First-tier Tribunal on an appeal against a monetary penalty notice calls into question the ICO’s assessment of when it is appropriate to issue a monetary penalty notice…
Read More… from Data Protection MPNs: ‘Substantial Damage or Substantial Distress’
In a new ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union has held that a consumer may sue a foreign trader with whom he has concluded a contract before the national courts where it is established that the trader has directed his activities to the consumer’s State, even if the means used to so direct his activities were not the basis for the conclusion of the contract…
Read More… from Latest ECJ Ruling on Consumer Protection and Cross-border Sales
The Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations 2013 are now available in draft form….
David Chaplin reports on the SCL Annual Conference 2013, ‘All the IT Law you need for 2014’…
Read More… from SCL Annual Conference 2013 Report: In a Few Words
The EU Commission is looking for views on the commitments offered by Samsung Electronics regarding use of SEPs…
Read More… from Samsung Patent ‘Truce’: EU Commission Consults
Practising IT Law is not for the faint-hearted. At any moment you could be asked to advise on any number of issues, from the liabilities and risks in an IT supply contract, through data protection of employee records to complex e-commerce issues. All the advice you give must be thoroughly grounded in the relevant law…
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The Article 29 Working Party have agreed and published new guidance on consent to cookies. Catch up on its other latest activities too….
Read More… from Remember Cookies? Article 29 Working Party Issues New Guidance
An article in the FT has caused a bit of a stir and I wonder what SCL members think…