Partnering Agreements for IT and Outsourcing Projects
Clive Davies of Olswang considers what partnering really means and how, in contractual terms, it can best be achieved….
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Flights and Rights: Anonymisation, Data-Matching and Privacy
As the EU and US debate sharing of airline passenger information, Stewart Baker, Maury Shenk, Kees Kuilwijk, Winnie Chang and Daniel Mah of Steptoe & Johnson examine the special circumstances and the extent to which sophisticated anonymisation techniques can resolve some of the most difficult conflicts between privacy and security….
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RFID Tags: An Unlawful, or Just Unwanted, Invasion of Privacy?
Whether viewed as a spy in your shopping or just a security device, RFID tags have made the headlines. Alexander Brown explains the technology, the general concerns and the law….
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Police, Camera, Action!
VIPER, the new video ID parade system launched in March by Home Secretary David Blunkett, has been described as the largest video editing facility in the world. Andy Hogben of Quadrant Visual Solutions, one of the original members of the ‘VIPER’s nest’ which developed the system for West Yorkshire Police, describes the technological hurdles which were overcome during the groundbreaking eight-year project….
SCL Award Presentation
Richard Harrison of Laytons, one of this year’s judges, reviews the event….
MEDIEVAL LAWS ARE BEING ROUNDED UP TO CONFRONT UNWANTED E-MAIL
Robin Fry looks at the bizarre basis for a recent US case on e-mail, Intel v Hamidi….
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Pocket Windows 2002 & HP Jornada 568
As Neil Cameron puts it ‘I had promised you, the readers, and the Editor, a follow-up to my initial review of Microsoft Windows XP. And you will get it – I promise. However, my attention has been diverted by the new Jornada 568 running Pocket Windows 2002; and so that is what you get this month. This review was entirely written in what passes for my handwriting on a Jornada 568 Pocket PC – graphics were added later.’…
Bloody Sunday: The Electronic Inquiry
Members of the Society for Computers and Law, at the invitation of Lord Saville, travelled to Londonderry recently for a day out at the Bloody Sunday Inquiry. Justin McKenna reports on the experience….
Legal Aspects of the Information Society
Brigitte Zammitt reviews Ian Lloyd’s book, Legal Aspects of the Information Society (Butterworths), and reviews the topics covered in the book….
SCL Award 2001
Richard Harrison of Laytons reports on the SCL Award 2001…