Cloud Computing: The Journey Has Just Begun
What is cloud computing, and why does it matter? Bill Jones offers his insight, explains what IT lawyers have to consider when dealing with the concept and examines its legal risks….
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Data that won’t Budge
Tony Dearsley explains how to deal safely with data before disposing of hardware, and reminds us that the dangers apply to mobile devices as well as the desktop computer….
Package in Transit
The UK has a notoriously low level of understanding of the politics of the EU and of EU institutions and the way they operate. Monica Horten helps dispel some of the mystery surrounding the links between the Telecoms Package, 3-strikes and Amendment 138 – and explains why it all matters….
Behavioural Targeting of Internet Advertising
This article from Simon Deane-Johns is based on a presentation to the Society for Computers and Law Internet Governance Conference in May 2009. It briefly defines and explains behavioural targeting of Internet advertising, and examines the requirements and issues relating to the consent of the targeted user….
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Open Source – Corporate Boon or Burden? The Meeting Blog
This blog post allows access to the meeting material and allows SCL members to comment on the meeting, raise issues and continue any debate that arose at the meeting itself…
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Walking Away
Can a party walk away from an agreement and still rely on a clause excluding liability for loss of profit? Richard Cumbley and Peter Church discuss NETTV v MARHedge [2009] EWHC 844, in which the High Court concluded that such reliance is possible only where very strong words are used….
Data Leakage and Data Compromise: Causes and Preventative Steps
Andrew Harbison and Pearse Ryan discuss the topics of data leakage and data compromise. They ask the question: how can leakage and compromise be prevented. If that is not possible, how can their consequences be managed or mitigated?…
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CPD: Testing: the key to successful IT contracts. The online CPD questions relating to this SCL event,
These are the questions arising from the presentation by Professor Charles McLachlan at the meeting of the SCL IT Disputes Group on 29 April. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL20 – 1.5 hours…
Come on, Come on, Let’s Stick Together
David Halliday assesses the potential for the current environment to drive parties to existing IT procurement and outsourcing deals to reconsider their position – and where they might end up….
Will Social Networking Services Survive Only at the Expense of Privacy?
This is the essay which won Philip Hutchinson the SCL Essay Prize 2009….
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