Civil Monetary Penalties for Data Breaches
Following a positive response to its consultation, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed that the new monetary penalties regime will come into effect on 6 April 2010….
Litigation & DR
Do We Need a Constitution for the Information Age?
Mark Turner examines the defects in existing systems for agreeing international obligations of the kind that are vital to the flowering of the information age. The disintermediation of government leads him to suggest a constitutional convention for the information age….
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Why Does This Have to Be So Difficult?
Joel Harrison bemoans the unnecessary hurdles placed in the way of transfers to data processors outside the EEA. He suggests a way to end the ‘burden’ on gleeful bureaucrats and ease the life of the data protection lawyer….
Data Protection: The New Technical and Political Environment
Ian Brown paints a picture of a rapidly changing data protection landscape, with the dangers arising from technical revolutions and political adjustments in the foreground…
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Predictions 2010: Technology & Strategy for Lawyers
We asked experts in various fields for their take on likely developments for 2010 and beyond. The predictions are published on the SCL Web site. This is a selection of predictions relating to law firm management, legal software, strategy and the like….
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Predictions 2010: A Different Perspective
We asked experts in various fields for their take on likely developments for 2010 and beyond. These predictions come from Peter Sommer, Visiting Professor in the Department of Management at the London School of Economics and also a Visiting Reader, Faculty of Mathematics, Computing and Technology at the Open University. Peter’s reflections on 2010 do not readily fit into our ‘boxes’ but are interesting and challenging enough to stand alone….
Predictions 2010: IT Law & IT Trends
We asked experts in various fields for their take on likely developments for 2010 and beyond. The predictions are published on the SCL Web site. This is a selection of predictions relating to IT law and the changes that are likely to affect the practice of it….
Predictions 2010: E-disclosure
We asked experts in various fields for their take on likely developments for 2010 and beyond. The predictions are published on the SCL Web site. This is a selection of predictions relating to e-disclosure and related issues….
Predictions 2010: Eleventh Post
Stewart Room, partner in the Privacy and Information Law Group at Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, provides his predictions for 2010 and beyond.
There is still time to send your predictions for 2010 or to add comments to the many predictions that we have published to date….
Telecoms Reform Package: Published and Live
Directive 2009/136/EC has now appeared in the Official Journal and, as a result, is now in force…