A new police unit aimed at targeting intellectual property crime launched on Friday 13 September 2013. The unit is dedicated to tackling online piracy and other forms of intellectual property crime such as counterfeit goods. It is one of the first units of its kind in the world. The Intellectual Property Office is providing £2.5…
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The Law Commission has issued a consultation on data sharing between public bodies. The consultation ends on 13 December 2013 and the Law Commission has created a special Twitter account for the consultation – https://twitter.com/LawComData The consultation paper considers issues relating to data sharing between public bodies and to some extent private bodies carrying out…
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The Information Commissioner has again pleaded for the implementation of the power to send people to prison for data protection offences. His plea would carry more weight if the ICO actually tried to address serious criminal behaviour with serious criminal charges….
Jeffrey Lewis and Siobhain Egan look at the latest proposals directed at the companies based overseas which are making profits from UK-based gambling…
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Pearse Ryan and Claire O’Brien offer an account of the Irish government’s strategy in the cloud computing area and analyse its impact…
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Lara White explains how a recent High Court case (Noemalife SpA v Infinitt UK Ltd) has highlighted the need to understand the ‘chain of title’ of licensed software and the risks of relying on implied licences….
The ICO announces that it has launched an investigation into whether clients of rogue private investigators may have committed offences under the Data Protection Act…
A council employee who published vulnerable children’s welfare details online has caused Aberdeen City Council to become subject to a monetary penalty imposed by the Information Commissioner’s Office of £100,000…
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There are three main features of this outstanding issue. We have three articles on emerging trends that I hope will offer readers new insights. We have a series of articles focusing on the powers of governments to access data which offer contrasting views. We also have the usual mix of case reports and practitioner articles…
Questions arising from the August/September 2013 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC7 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
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