Data Breach: Virgin Media Latest
The Information Commissioner’s Office has found Virgin Media Limited in breach of the Data Protection Act following the loss of an unencrypted CD containing the personal details of over 3,000 customers….
Litigation & DR
E-crime: New Police Unit Announced
A new £7M police unit dedicated to tackling electronic crime and Internet fraud was announced on 30 September….
The Domain Name Game
Domain name disputes are frequent, and are frequently entirely unremarkable. Ravi Mohindra sifts through the dross and reports on a selection of the more interesting recent decisions….
International Network for E-crime Prosecutors
The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, announced on 28 August that a new Global Prosecutors’ E-Crime Network has been developed….
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Editorial
As an SCL member, you can choose to be a passive recipient – receiving the magazine, soaking up web info and attending courses – the target of SCL’s educational role. But these are crucial times for the shape of IT law as it will govern 21st century communications and transactions. If you care about more…
Know Your Enemy
Andrew Tibber explores Norwich Pharmacal orders and their increasing relevance in helping claimants identify online wrongdoers….
Analysing Unstructured Data: Electronic Discovery and Computer Limits
Touching on porno hedgehogs and Croatian language recognition systems, Andrew Harbison and Pearse Ryan offer a fascinating insight into the problems associated with analysing unstructured data and the limitations inherent in using computers for electronic discovery. They also explain how the problems are not just of concern to litigators but to data protection lawyers and others too….
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E-disclosure: Breaching the Language Barrier
Not all people communicate in English. Julian Uebergang looks at the problems which are set by the use of different languages in documents subject to disclosure….
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Open Source Enforceability Ruling
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reinforced the OSS Artistic Licence in a ruling with important implications for all OSS licences…
Screen-scraping, Ryanair and Contracts
Catherine Stromdale considers the threat from Ryanair to cancel scraped flights. How can the way a contract comes into being affect its enforceability? Who will be left to deal with the losses arising?…