Following on from Predictions Preview, 17 new predictions on IT law, IT applications and the way technology will impact on business and society. Everything but next week’s lottery numbers from Birley, Briskman, Burgess, Davis and Onwusah, Harbison, Haslam, Jones, Katz, Kaye, Marsden, Morrison, Newson, Speed, Spencer, Trimmer, Tuke and Uebergang….
The Information Assurance Advisory Council has published a new guide, Director’s and Corporate Advisor’s Guide to Digital Investigations and Evidence. The guide is available for free as a download. Read an outline of the guide and access the download….
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The Information Commissioner’s Office has found Virgin Media Limited in breach of the Data Protection Act following the loss of an unencrypted CD containing the personal details of over 3,000 customers….
In this highly original analysis, Nicholas Bohm and Joel Harrison take a fresh look, from a very different angle, at the issues that arise from Web profiling. Does it infringe Web site owners’ IPR?…
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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….
The Court of Appeal has upheld the appeal of ‘Mr Modchips’ and thereby cast doubt on the efficacy of the ETMs protecting the Sony Playstation, Microsoft’s X-box and Nintendo’s Gamecube. Laurence Eastham explains by way of extracts from the excellent judgment of Lord Justice Jacob….
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….
Adam Westbrooke deals with the technology of monitoring and controlling Internet use – and suggests that technology may not be the answer to what is too easily characterised as a technology problem….
A new statement from WIPO suggests that there are real problems with the domain name registration system and widespread abuse of the system….
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IT Columnist, Rupert Kendrick, reports on a recent survey that highlights the inadequate approach that many law firms show towards encryption and looks at some proprietary solutions…