Paul Golding expands upon an earlier piece on data security risk allocation and looks at a recent case in the USA that underlines the importance of the issue…
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Hinal Patel and Sophie Sheldon highlight the importance of a new draft EU regulation…
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In the latest in our series of articles on the GDPR, Felicity Turton reflects on the change in the wording of the consent requirement and speculates on its impact…
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Andres Guadamuz and Chris Marsden explain the origins of blockchain, highlight some of its applications and look to its future…
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Two recent cases have cast light on the way a court might view FRAND terms. Tom Foster sets the scene and examines the guidance that has emerged….
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Kit Burden looks at the potential impact of robotics process automation and related technology on the outsourcing industry and highlights some aspects that should be getting the attention of tech lawyers operating in the outsourcing sphere….
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Kuan Hon mourns the (impending) death of cloud computing at the hands of the GDPR, and even suggests a song to sing while preparing for its demise…
Following the presentation by the EU Commission of its proposals for a replacement for Safe Harbour – the Privacy Shield – the Article 29 Working Party has released a statement of its position….
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In his first communication with SCL members as SCL Chair, Mark O’Conor gives a sense of where SCL has got to and where it can go as a Society over the next few years….
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a self-regulatory body and an Internet news portal were not liable for the offensive online comments of their readers…
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