IFCLA Conference: Helsinki 2010
Final speaker slots have been filled for the forthcoming ICLA Conference in Helsinki on 10 and 11 June…
Innovation
Outsourcing IT: The Governance Challenge
Rupert Kendrick argues that organisations that fail to apply governance principles in the management of IT outsourcing projects are inviting project failure. His words of wisdom are likely to strike a chord with outsourcing lawyers whose clients have overlooked these principles. But they may be of equal interest to law firms considering any element of outsourcing….
Fame, Trains and Hypervisors
Augment Your Reality in Watford…
EDPS and PbD
The office of the European Data Protection Supervisor has been working overtime. In addition to its work on video surveillance guidelines, it published an Opinion on ‘Promoting trust in the information society by fostering data protection and privacy’ on 18 March. The focus is on privacy by design (PbD)…
EU – Controllers and Processors: It’s all about Essential Means
The Article 29 Working Party recently published an Opinion on two of the key concepts under the Data Protection Directive – ‘data controller’ and ‘data processor’. Tanguy Van Overstraeten and Richard Cumbley explain that the distinction between the two has a number of practical implications including determining who is liable to comply with data protection law and whether processing clauses are required….
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The New Electronic Money Directive: A second chance for e-money in Europe?
Ruth Wilson and Roksana Moore contrast e-money success in Japan with e-money disappointment in the EU and ask if we are edging towards a new dawn for e-money in Europe….
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Cloud Computing and the Law: Still Shrouded in Uncertainty?
David Chaplin reports on the SCL London Group’s meeting of 8 February 2010, which focused on cloud computing…
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SCL’s New Chair: Clive Davies
SCL has a new Chair. Clive Davies has taken over the role fulfilled by Bill Jones for the last four years. Laurence Eastham spoke to Clive about his plans and hopes for SCL….
Data Protection: The New Technical and Political Environment
Ian Brown paints a picture of a rapidly changing data protection landscape, with the dangers arising from technical revolutions and political adjustments in the foreground…
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Predictions 2010: E-disclosure
We asked experts in various fields for their take on likely developments for 2010 and beyond. The predictions are published on the SCL Web site. This is a selection of predictions relating to e-disclosure and related issues….