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…
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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…
Technology and Competition Law: A New Era of Regulatory Activism?
Nick Pimlott examines trends in technology regulation through the use of competition law…
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UsedSoft: Do Creative Industries Need Creative Judges?
Gareth Dickson reflects on the ruling in UsedSoft v Oracle and focuses on its practical impact on the software industry and software users….
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Software Licences: End of the World?
Is the UsedSoft judgment going to radically change the world of software licensing? And can it have much wider ramifications than the ECJ envisaged? Some questions – and directions to some answers….