Graham Smith gave a primer on Internet jurisdiction at the Tech Law Futures Conference in November. His slides for that presentation are available below. This article reflects one of the issues he covered in that presentation…
Laurence Eastham gave one of the presentations at the SCL Tech Law Futures Conference on 10 November. This is his attempt to reflect that talk…
Agnieszka Jablonowska considers the role of data in the digital economy, focusing on the input from the BEUC, the EDPS and the Article 29 Working Party on the review of the e-Privacy Directive…
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Pearse Ryan, Andrew Harbison and Anne O’Donovan guide you through recent changes to the PCI Digital Security Standard which reflect learning from large-scale hacking attempts…
Lokke Moerel analyses the GDP’s provisions dealing with special categories of data and the crucial ambiguity surrounding when supervisory authorities need to be consulted…
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Quentin Tannock reports on the latest event in the Foundations of IT Law series (Module 7 – Cycle 2), held on 14 September 2016 and hosted by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Europe) LLP….
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The operator of a shop who offers a wi-fi network free of charge to the public is not liable for copyright infringements committed by users of that network. However, the CJEU suggests that an operator may be required to password-protect its network in order to bring an end to, or prevent, such infringements….
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As we all become increasingly aware of the vulnerability of organisations to cyber-attack, Nick Wilding explains how the key is to educate people…
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Richard Oliphant welcomes the latest developments on electronic signatures…
David Chaplin reflects his personal reaction to the IFCLA Conference 2016 and reports on the many varied sessions…
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