Cybersecurity for Lawyers: 4 – Your email
In the last of our current run of “Back to Basics” articles, adapted from the Cybersecurity for Lawyers wiki he has recently started, Neil Brown explains how to secure your email communication secure….
Intellectual Property
Standard contractual clauses are valid for the transfer of personal data says Advocate General
Advocate General questions validity of privacy shield but advises Court not to rule on it….
Queen’s Speech: legislation of interest to technology lawyers
The new session of parliament was opened on 19 December with a number of pieces of legislation mentioned in the Queen’s Speech which may be of interest to technology lawyers. Most were originally covered in the October Queen’s Speech but have been carried over to the new parliament. Online harms legislation The April 2019 Online…
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Airbnb does not require an estate agent’s licence says CJEU
The French authorities did not notify the European Commission of that requirement under Directive on electronic commerce…
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CJEU: sale of second-hand e-books via a website is a communication to the public
Case arose from defendant providing access to second hand e-books to a ‘reading club’…
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What does AI mean for Intellectual Property policy? WIPO consults
Consultation ends on 14 February 2020 and aims to define questions facing IP policy makers on AI….
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Reflections on 2019: Convergence, Incursion and Contradictions
Kicking off our Predictions, Reflections and Resolutions in earnest, Anna Cook and Vik Khurana of Bristows reflect on how technology has featured in society in 2019, touching on announcements by tech companies, investigations by regulators and pitches by political leaders….
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Key Takeaways from the SCL Outsourcing Masterclass – Wednesday 20 November 2019, London
A summary of the key learning outcomes from the recent SCL Outsourcing Masterclass from Rebecca Andersen, Max Harris, Martha Crnkovic, Neelum Dass, and Ralph Giles….
Farming: Computer law’s new (rather old) frontier
Dr Fernando Barrio reveals a crop of IP, data and privacy issues associated with new techniques in agricultural production….
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Singapore’s anti fake news law: now used 3 times but does not make posts disappear
Darren Grayson Chng, our Singapore corespondent, reports on the first uses of the Singapore’s Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA)….
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