In this edited version of her recent paper, Book-Smart, Not Street-Smart: Blockchain-Based Contracts and the Social Workings of Law (which can be linked to below), Karen Levy examines blockchain-based contracts and the social workings of law…
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The Court of Appeal has given judgment on the Home Secretary’s appeal against the High Court judgment ruling that the data retention powers in the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014. The extent of the ongoing rights to retain data for ‘security’ and related purposes remain distressingly unclear….
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Darren Grayson Chng, our Singapore International Associate Editor, reports on an amended Cybersecurity Bill, just introduced to the Singapore Parliament….
The European Commission has fined Qualcomm €997 million for abuse of a dominant market position…
The First-tier Tribunal has rejected the appeal of Basildon Council against an ICO monetary penalty notice but has reduced the amount payable under it. Laurence Eastham reports the judgment and comments on fines guidance….
Graham Smith warns of threats to freedom of speech from a rush to judgment that ignores any need for due process…
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Neil Brown reviews David Meyer’s ‘Control Shift: How Technology Affects You and Your Rights’ and finds a lot in there – and a lot to like…
Laurence Eastham reflects on a year of high quality articles, is tempted to predict and looks forward to another exciting development in the SCL calendar…
Chris Dale has made a habit of sending SCL a great set of somewhat acerbic predictions. Here is another glorious product of his warped crystal ball….
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the Uber business model is that of a transport service not an information society service…