RPAS and the GDPR
Catherine Erkelens and Thomas Van Gremberghe cover some considerations in the interaction between the use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) and the new EU General Data Protection Regulation…
Intellectual Property
Blockchain 2.0, Smart Contracts and Legal Challenges
Martin von Haller Groenbaek looks at some of the basic issues concerning smart contracts. Martin is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference on the topic ‘Virtual Currencies and other Blockchain Environments’…
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The Internet of Things and Privacy: When Do Privacy Laws Apply?
John Beardwood and Mark Bowman offer some insights from a Canadian perspective into the impact of the IoT on privacy in an extract from a much longer paper The Internet of Things and Privacy: An Analytic Framework. This extract tackles one of the crucial issues. The full paper may be downloaded as a pdf from the panel opposite. John Beardwood is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference 2016….
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Cybersecurity Law and the Internet of Things
Chris James gives us a tour of the IoT and highlights the many security threats lurking within it. Chris is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference 2016…
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Keeping Humans at the Heart of FinTech
Simon Deane-Johns considers the interaction between technology and humans and, focusing on FinTech, looks at his hopes for innovation…
Editorial
IFCLA Special This is a special issue of the magazine. In its small way, it celebrates and provides a souvenir of a special event. I would like to add my voice to those welcoming those attending the Conference, especially those travelling from far afield. I hope the Conference goes well; I know that Roger Bickerstaff,…
Suffer the Little Children…The Supremes, the Internet and PJS
Robin Callender Smith picks his way carefully through the celebrity/privacy minefield…
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SCL Event Report: Negotiating IT Contracts
Mike Ahyow reports on the latest event in the Foundations of IT Law series (Module 5) which was held on 11 May 2016 and hosted by Osborne Clarke LLP….
Panama Papers: Implications for In-house Lawyers and Private Practice
Michael Wigley and James Young-Drew highlight the cybersecurity dangers that the Panama Papers hack revealed…
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Humans, Machines and Regulators: FinTech in the Human-to-Human Economy and Beyond
Joachim Schwerin confronts blockchain (‘the most disruptive part of the FinTech universe’), touches on crowdfunding and gives his personal views on the way to deal with such disruption from a policy perspective. Joachim is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference on the topic FinTech – IT and Financial Services Regulation….
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