The Internet Advertising Bureau has launched a set of Good Practice Principles – self-regulatory guidelines to set good practice for companies that collect and use data for online behavioural advertising purposes….
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The ICO has issued a draft code of practice on the content and nature of privacy notices. Marly Didizian and Peter Church describe and comment on the draft code’s plus, and its shortcomings, and offer their own suggestions for drafting….
The latest move by Facebook chimes with my dilemma over SCL profiles. Who has legal control over the data?…
The ICO has published further commentary on the proposals for assessment notices, information sharing and other amendments to data protection legislation contained in the data protection aspects of the Coroners and Justice Bill…
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This is the CPD course arising from the SCL Masterclass held on 12 February and available via a podcast. SCL CPD Scheme online course code: HW/SFCL8 – 4 hours 25 minutes…
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We have finally decided to start a Trustees’ blog, about SCL, about being Trustees, about being tech lawyers, about technology in our practices, about what’s happening behind (and in front of) the scenes at SCL, and whatever feels important to us from time to time….
Renzo Marchini sounds a timely warning about the need to put in place one, admittedly shaky, piece of protection against supplier insolvency…
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Bridget Treacy analyses how over-regulation and concern over data privacy may keep the cloud from rising high…
Paul Gershlick analyses an important recent case. In J Murphy & Sons Limited v Johnston Precast Limited, the Regus severability approach was followed and a novel implied contract term which has major implications for IT contracts appears to be recognised: an ongoing implied duty to warn….
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Jean-Jacques Sahel, writing purely in a personal capacity, considers the approach which should underpin any legislation on electronic communications and argues that the extraordinary nature of the Internet requires a principles-based approach to inform legislation rather than narrow sectoral regulation. This article arises from a presentation at the SCL Forum held in September 2008 ‘Legislating for Web 2.0 – Preparing for the Communications Act?’…
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