With effect from 1 July 2008, the security provisions in the OGC Model Services Agreement and Guidance become mandatory for all UK government ICT contracts, but the requirements have much wider effect than might at first be thought….
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I would have liked to include coverage in this issue of the new legislation affecting computer lawyers embodied in the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008. But, to be honest, I couldn’t be bothered. There is s 77 (power to alter penalty for unlawfully obtaining etc. personal data), s 78 (new defence for purposes…
The ICO has released a new Good Practice Note entitled ‘Disclosure of employee information under TUPE’…
Kit Burden suggests a sensible approach to controlling costs in outsourcing arrangements when the additional pressures created by a period of financial stringency are being felt….
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Mark Weston reviews the new proposals for a major government database showing telephone calls, e-mails and online activities and looks at the development of the law in this area….
Organisations that hold confidential information regarding their clients on computers are under no legal obligation to report the loss or theft of the data, warns David Ashmore…
This piece by Stephan Buck won the SCL Essay prize 2008. It is Stephan’s aproach to the official essay title ‘Virtual Properties and Virtual Economies: How should activities with economic consequences in virtual worlds like ‘Sec-ond Life’ and ‘Everquest’ be dealt with by real-world legal systems?’…
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The ICO has released a statement expressing concerns about the Government plans for a Communications Data Bill….
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Paul Gershlick reports and comments on the important Court of Appeal ruling in Regus (UK) Ltd v Epcot Solutions Ltd. The Court of Appeal gave a cold reception to the idea of interfering with a liability clause…
Clive Davies changed his way of working – and thinks you should consider the advantages of hot desking and increased flexibility….