The iPad, the Cloud and Data Protection
Jon Bloor thinks that the enthusiastic reaction of many lawyers to the iPad may have to be tempered by a cool reflection on the dangers for data security that its adoption may entail….
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SCL Conference: Supporting the Foundations
SCL’s Annual Conference on 15 and 16 October will be focusing on software. It will consider many of the issues of central concern to IT lawyers. Laurence Eastham reviews the Conference programme….
Software Review: StyleWriter v4
Plain English consultant Daphne Perry reviews the latest StyleWriter style-checker software….
Ocean’s Apart: Data Transfers between the EEA and USA
Susan Mann offers a current view of data transfer between the EEA and USA, examining the cultural and philosophical divides. She looks at Safe Harbor, Binding Corporate Rules and Model Contractual Clauses….
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IFCLA Conference: Helsinki 2010
Final speaker slots have been filled for the forthcoming ICLA Conference in Helsinki on 10 and 11 June…
Smartphones and Digital Dictation
Rob Lancashire believes that the ubiquity of the Smartphone is going to be the main driver for digital dictation in 2010 for both traditional and hosted models…
Gear Up for Change – Technology is Your Panacea!
Bob Hadingham reminds readers of the crucial role that technology can play in ensuring that lawyers stay ahead of the curve in a rapidly changing, and ruthlessly competitive, future for the supply of legal services….
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Outsourcing IT: The Governance Challenge
Rupert Kendrick argues that organisations that fail to apply governance principles in the management of IT outsourcing projects are inviting project failure. His words of wisdom are likely to strike a chord with outsourcing lawyers whose clients have overlooked these principles. But they may be of equal interest to law firms considering any element of outsourcing….
EU – Controllers and Processors: It’s all about Essential Means
The Article 29 Working Party recently published an Opinion on two of the key concepts under the Data Protection Directive – ‘data controller’ and ‘data processor’. Tanguy Van Overstraeten and Richard Cumbley explain that the distinction between the two has a number of practical implications including determining who is liable to comply with data protection law and whether processing clauses are required….
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Cloud Computing and the Law: Still Shrouded in Uncertainty?
David Chaplin reports on the SCL London Group’s meeting of 8 February 2010, which focused on cloud computing…
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