Sentences in Data Protection Conspiracy Case
Private investigators have been sentenced for unlawfully obtaining personal data…
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Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Injunctions, Limitation of Damages and True Loss
Richard Osborne considers the issues that arose in a fascinating recent High Court case, where one party sought an interim injunction to stop the other from terminating a contract…
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ICO Consults on DP Guidance for the Media
The Information Commissioner’s Office has begun its public consultation on new guidance on data protection and the media….
SCL Event Report: Foundations of IT Law – Module 2: Internet Law
Paul McMahon reports on the second module in the SCL’s ground-breaking Foundations of IT Law Programme, an event which took place at Bird & Bird on 16 January 2014….
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Digital Currency: A Primer
Richard Folsom and Mike Cashman take a practical lawyer’s view of digital currencies and the way in which Bitcoin and its like might impact on mainstream legal and commercial life….
Cloud Computing: Geography or Technology – Virtualisation and Control
Kuan Hon examines the best approach to take when applying data protection rules in a cloud computing context. She argues that the current EU focus on location is inappropriate and that logical control is what counts….
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Is it Something Personal?
Cynthia O’Donoghue reports on a High Court judgment (Kelway) that looked to define the essential tests for determining if data is personal…
Databases and Engines
Lucy Kilshaw , Susan Barty and Fionnuala Dorrity look at the recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Innoweb v Wegener…
Copyright, Organ-grinders and Monkeys
Is the EU Commission’s consultation on copyright the one that really matters?…
Predictions 2014: IT Law
This is a selection of predictions for 2014 from expert IT lawyers. We also asked about surprises and IT law expectations that never were fulfilled. For the full set of predictions, see our online ‘Predictions 2014’ blog….