Communications Data Collection and Storage
The Home Office has published a consultation paper on the collection and storage of communications data. Views on the proposals outlined are sought by 20 July….
Litigation & DR
You’ll Be Sick and Sorry Later
The latest government proposals on data retention and storage remind me of ice cream, poor parenting and children…
Data Protection: Missing the Bigger Issue
In this opinion piece, Ian McDougall explains why he believes that the focus on data disasters and the technicalities of processing are obscuring the vision we need for a new way forward for data protection….
The Sinking of Pirate Bay
Nick McDonald believes that the decision by a Swedish court to convict Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Carl Lundstrom and Peter Sunde of assisting making available copyrighted content’ is potentially significant, but that caution needs to shown in immediately suggesting it will have wider effect….
Roll Up! Roll Up!
Laurence Eastham highlights an offer that gives more entertainment than a pallet of Wiis and comes with a free gift – new improved OII/SCL Lectures with 50% extra CPD free….
Death of Phorm: Greatly Exaggerated
First thoughts on the European Commission’s Move to bring infringement proceedings…
Retaining Data
To use the phrase that is no longer funny (and totally outdated), ‘I ain’t bovvered…
Web 2.0 and Online Reputation Monitoring
Shireen Smith tells us about online reputations: how to protect them and how to monitor them. She suggests that there may be a new role for lawyers here….
Regulating Technologies
On 30 March, in the first of a new series of lectures titled ‘New Law for a New World’ sponsored by SCL in collaboration with the Oxford Internet Institute, Professor Roger Brownsword of King’s College, London, tackled the topic of the interaction between regulation and technology. Bill Jones reports on the event….
Protection of Databases
Andrew Dodd and Louisa Albertini review the latest case law from the European Court of Justice on the database right…