February / March 2008 Online Course
The CPD questions relating to the February / March 2008 issue of Computers and Law (Course code HW/SFCL12 – 1 hour)…
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ARTICLES BY scl-paullauria
Editorial
IT law has been proper news for more than a month. The HMRC data debacle has been shown to be far from unique as government departments and commercial organisations have competed for top spot on the shame lists that the press have compiled. Every minor breach merited some sort of coverage, although one suspects that…
SCL Information Governance Conference 2008
The last two months have seen enormous demand for safe guidance on data handling. There is widespread concern that breaches of good data practice will wreak havoc in an organisation and damage its reputation irretrievably. In response to that demand and to alleviate that concern, SCL has arranged a special conference at short notice. The…
IT Thrill Seekers
Calum Macleod warns against the use of FTP servers, unless you want to live life on the edge – on the edge of an IT security nightmare….
Trade Marks and Sponsored Links
A press release from Bird & Bird reveals that the firm has been involved in successfully defending Yahoo! UK Ltd and its sister company, Overture Services Ltd (trading under the name ‘Yahoo! Search Marketing’), in what it describes as a groundbreaking trade mark infringement case concerning keywords and sponsored search results. The case was brought…
Is the UK’s Blackberry War Over?
A series of hearings in the battle between RIM and Visto over the patents underpinning the Blackberry device has resulted in what appears to be a win for RIM. The full judgment is available on BAILII but Mr Justice Floyd is reported to have taken the view that Visto’s patent was not valid. However, questions…
China – Opportunities and Challenges
Vince Cunningham is a leading expert on trade with China. He highlights some of the things you need to know about China and astonishing expansion of the Chinese economy and influence….
Copyright: Media Monitoring and Analysis
The Danish case concerns Infopaq International, a media monitoring and analysis company. It has pretty obvious implications for the whole of the EU, even if the answers to some of the referred questions seem clear in advance of an ECJ ruling. The Højesteret may have decided to get its money’s worth. It has decided to…
EU Commission, Competition and Computers
Microsoft Although the main reporting of the massive ‘fine’ imposed by the EU Commission has been relatively sensational, the truth is that this was to a large extent the realisation of a calculation. It is not in fact a ‘fine’ in the strictest sense – or in EU parlance. It may be thought to have…
What is Personal Data?
A recording of the SCL Privacy and Data Protection Group Meeting (Webinar course code HW/SFCL14 part of the SCL online CPD scheme – 1.5 hours)…