IT Budgets Survey Results
IT budgets are said to be flat due to post-recession ‘recovery’ spending…
Lawtech & Lawyers
Clouds over the EU
John Salmon explains that EU initiatives on cloud computing don’t really solve the problems with adoption by the financial services sector…
Cloud Computing vs Traditional Outsourcing – Key Differences
Kuan Hon and Christopher Millard particularise the many faces of cloud computing and warn of the dangers of pretending that each matches old outsourcing profiles when determining how to regulate….
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ICO Guidance on the Cloud
The ICO has acted to remind businesses of data responsibilities as more look to cloud computing to process personal information…
Book Reviews: Binding Corporate Rules and The No-nonsense Guide to Legal Issues in Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing
Laurence Eastham looks at two books with contrasting aims….
Anonymisation: SCL Response to ICO’s Consultation
SCL has submitted its response to the ICO’s consultation on a draft Anonymisation Code of Practice…
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The Twitter Joke Judgment: The Law with Unintended Consequences?
Chris Watson and Bailey Ingram highlight a largely ignored impact of the Divisional Court’s much publicised judgment in Chambers v DPP, namely the ruling on the term ‘public electronic communications network’….
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EESC Opinion on the Draft Data Protection Regulation
The European Economic and Social Committee has published its Opinion on the proposal for a General Data Protection Regulation…
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A Balanced Approach to the Cloud
Eduardo Ustaran considers the data protection conundrums that cloud computing throws up and argues for a positive approach from regulators that recognises future realities…
BYOD Policy?
Robert Jones says that you need a policy to deal with the inevitable use, and abuse, of BYOD…