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Book Review: Cloud Computing: A Practical Introduction to the Legal Issues

July 22, 2015

‘It’s amazing how they can transmit the internet through the clouds, isn’t it? What jurisdiction are they even in?’ I checked that my friend wasn’t in fact referring to Google’s Loon project or Facebook’s solar-powered drones (where these are pertinent questions[[http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/can-we-trust-google-with-the-stratosphere/278797/]]) and then offered to lend him this book: Renzo Marchini’s ‘Cloud Computing: A Practical…

Smart City, Surveillance City

June 30, 2015

Too often a technology’s capacity and curiosity about its limits leads to an unremitting focus on achieving a goal without considering the desirability of the goal. Smart Cities may be no different. David Murakami Wood offers a refreshing focus on the links between smart cities and surveillance….

Cloud Computing: Export Controls and Sanctions

May 13, 2015

Export controls and sanctions can be a trap for the unwary engaged in technology exports. But few think of the cloud as a risk area for breach of these orders and sanctions. Richard Tauwhare explains why you should take such risks to heart….

Digital Single Market Strategy: IT Law Highlights

May 5, 2015

Although the launch of the EU Commission’s Digital Single Market Strategy on 6 May will no doubt make it into the major news media even in this period of pre-election obsession, accurate reporting cannot be guaranteed. Highlighted below are some of the observations and views expressed by the Commission in their strategy document and the key proposals that affect IT lawyers….

Law Firms and Data Protection ‘Breaches’

April 15, 2015

A response to an FOI request suggests that the ICO investigated 173 UK law firms for reported breaches in 2014…

Why you need to care about data quality during discovery

March 24, 2015

Lee Meyrick looks at how process and technology decisions determine data quality during eDiscovery…