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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Lorraine Chimbga reviews Intercept: The Secret History of Computers and Spies by Gordon Corera (Orion Publishing, Paperback – £8.99, pp 448, ISBN: 9781780227849)…
The European Commission has launched the EU-US Privacy Shield, claiming that it provides ‘stronger protection for transatlantic data flows’. There has been immediate criticism of its effectiveness….
Alicia Mendonca explains how a dating app famous for threesomes is responding to legal action from Tinder with a hashtag and dirty socks…
The Court of Appeal has held that blocking injunctions affecting ISPs may be appropriate where protection is sought for intellectual property rights other than copyright. Laurence Eastham summarises the case….
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The newly-published Digital Economy Bill 2016 includes a new framework for the (attempted) regulation of online pornography. Neil Brown offers some initial thoughts….
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The full text of the Digital Economy Bill was published on 5 July…
A new regulation takes effect on 1 July…
For clarity, I am talking about proposals for legislation, not the digital economy bill (damage assessment) that many would like to send to the Leave Campaign for payment…
Andres Guadamuz returns to blockchain, including an introduction to some basic concepts for those not familiar with the technology, and goes on to cover recent developments, particularly the latest multi-million hacking attacks involving Ethereum’s DAO, which suggests that smart contracts are only as smart as the people drafting them…