Cracking the Code
In a further preview of our Tech Law Masterclass, here is Rosemary Jay on the role of codes of practice under the Data Protection Act 2018….
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
SCL Sponsored Events – Latest Development in Egypt
A second workshop in Egypt sponsored by SCL, in association with other organisations, was held on 24 September and appears to have been a great success. We have had a report of the event from SCL Ambassador Dr Mohamed N. Elguindy, Program Director, Cybercrime Faculty of Law, The British University in Egypt: The Faculty of…
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Guidance on Age-verification Arrangements from the BBFC
The British Board of Film Classification has published guidance relating to age-verification arrangements as they affect access to pornography on the Internet…
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The Regulated End of Internet Law, and the Return to Computer and Information Law?
It seemed unfair to hang on to this article from Professor Chris Marsden, another in our Tech Law Masterclass series for the October/November issue, when Internet regulation is such a hot topic. Chris looks back at the Internet’s legal history, with a view to helping us to move forward in an informed manner…
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A Message about Media
In this, the second ‘teaser’ for the Tech Law Masterclass series of articles which will appear in the October/November issue of Computers & Law, Daithí Mac Síthigh considers approaches to regulation of communications of all kinds, reflecting on lessons from the past – especially lessons about categorisation and how specific regulation should be…
Consent to Marketing E-mails
Cynthia O’Donoghue and Katalina Bateman report on the first tribunal case overturning an ICO fine for sending marketing emails without opt-in consent. It is a case based on the consent rules pre-GDPR…
Book Review: Blockchain and the Legal Profession
Neil Brown reviews ‘Blockchain and the Legal Profession’ and isn’t convinced……
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SCL Conference 18 – Flash Event Flashes Past
Laurence Eastham reflects on the SCL Annual Conference 2018, which had keynotes, panels, a conversation and flash talks…
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Hashing out the Implications of Smart Contracting under English Law
Rachel Lidgate and Charlie Morgan offer an in-depth look at smart contracts and the teasing challenges which they display…
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Poetry Corner – Negotiating Cloud Deals Advice
If Wordsworth was alive, he would no doubt have left Westminster Bridge and attended the SCL Conference. But, in his unavoidable absence, his muse descended on Holly Pearsall and she gave her flash talk at the Conference in verse. Here is her much discussed, and widely praised, poem in full. It needs to be read aloud to get full value….
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