Civil Monetary Penalties for Data Breaches
Following a positive response to its consultation, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed that the new monetary penalties regime will come into effect on 6 April 2010….
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Predictions 2010: Thirteenth Post
Pearse Ryan offers a potpourri of predictions for the year ahead from the Irish perspective.
There is still time to send your predictions for 2010 or to add comments to the many predictions that we have published to date…
Why Does This Have to Be So Difficult?
Joel Harrison bemoans the unnecessary hurdles placed in the way of transfers to data processors outside the EEA. He suggests a way to end the ‘burden’ on gleeful bureaucrats and ease the life of the data protection lawyer….
Data Protection: The New Technical and Political Environment
Ian Brown paints a picture of a rapidly changing data protection landscape, with the dangers arising from technical revolutions and political adjustments in the foreground…
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Predictions 2010: Technology & Strategy for Lawyers
We asked experts in various fields for their take on likely developments for 2010 and beyond. The predictions are published on the SCL Web site. This is a selection of predictions relating to law firm management, legal software, strategy and the like….
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Predictions 2010: IT Law & IT Trends
We asked experts in various fields for their take on likely developments for 2010 and beyond. The predictions are published on the SCL Web site. This is a selection of predictions relating to IT law and the changes that are likely to affect the practice of it….
Editorial
This issue of the magazine is dominated by predictions for 2010 and beyond. There are more on the web site, including my own. I want to take the opportunity to thank all those who have responded to my call for predictions, which yet again have been a very popular item on the SCL web site…
Output-based IT Outsourcing Projects
The decision of his Honour Justice Byrne in the Supreme Court of Victoria in the case ofIpex ITG Pty Ltd (in liq) v Melbourne Water Corporation (No 5) [2009] VSC 383 (11 September 2009), involved an IT service provider (Ipex) suing its customer (Melbourne Water) in respect of misrepresentations that were allegedly contained in Melbourne…
Telecoms Reform Package: Published and Live
Directive 2009/136/EC has now appeared in the Official Journal and, as a result, is now in force…
Predictions 2010: Tenth Post
Chris Dale of the eDisclosure Information Project provides his predictions for 2010 and beyond.
There is still time to send your predictions for 2010 or to add comments to the many predictions that we have published to date….