IT Contracts Masterclass Podcast
SCL IT Contracts Masterclass CPD questions – questions arising from the SCL half-day seminar held on 3 July (SCL Online CPD Course code HW/SFCL30 – 4 hours 15 minutes)…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Giving Contractual Notice by E-mail
Guy Burgess examines the risks of receiving contractual notices sent by e-mail under English common law and, for comparison, in New Zealand, which has implemented legislation based on the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce (1996)….
Securing the Deal in Government Contracting
Those close to public sector ICT procurement may be aware of a recent change in status of the security provisions in the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) Model Services Agreement and Guidance. An OGC Procurement Policy Note confirmed that, as of 1 July 2008, these provisions became mandatory for all UK government ICT contracts. Callum Sinclair considers the implications for contracting authorities….
E-crime Protection: Who Pays? Who Polices?
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has published its follow-up report on Personal Internet Security and has called for more to be done to protect the public from e-crime. Among other reforms, the Committee seeks legislation to establish the principle that banks be held responsible for losses incurred by electronic fraud….
Government Data Loss: OGC Contract Compliance
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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Editorial
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…
ICO Good Practice Note on TUPE Disclosure
The ICO has released a new Good Practice Note entitled ‘Disclosure of employee information under TUPE’…
Contractual Cost Control in the Time of ‘the Crunch’
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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Even Bigger Brother
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….
Data Security Breach Notification in the UK
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…