The House of Lords completed hearing arguments on Wednesday 3 April in a case which will result in a landmark decision likely to have wide ranging implications for all public authorities and businesses and other organisations who hold and process information about living individuals, which is personal data….
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Ireland’s largest ISP, Eircom, is being sued by the four major record companies, who are demanding that it take action to prevent users from illegally downloading or sharing music. TJ McIntyre reports and reflects on these new developments….
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A new statement from WIPO suggests that there are real problems with the domain name registration system and widespread abuse of the system….
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Documents coming out of your ears? Disclosure and compliance a problem? Andrew Haslam looks at the documentary equivalent of preventative medicine….
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A recent High Court decision considers whether publicans who subscribe to cheaper foreign broadcasters of FA Premier League matches commit an offence under s 297 of the CDPA 1988. Section 297 prohibits the use of unauthorised decoders in the UK. The court concluded that there was an offence committed, but Ben Allgrove and Alastair Cox wonder whether the outcome reflects the mischief that s 297 was intended to address….
Phorm provides technology to monitor surfing patterns so that advertising can be more closely targeted to the surfer’s needs. Its recent deals with prominent UK ISPs have caused a good deal of concern about the privacy and data protection implications of using Phorm software. It seems that practically everybody wants to be Phorm monitor….
Shadow Home Secretary David Davis has launched a report that looks at the threats posed by cybercrime and proposes measures to tackle it….
The last two months have seen enormous demand for safe guidance on data handling. There is widespread concern that breaches of good data practice will wreak havoc in an organisation and damage its reputation irretrievably. In response to that demand and to alleviate that concern, SCL has arranged a special conference at short notice. The…
Laurence Eastham reviews the blogs that might help you keep informed, sharpen up your opinions or just help fill the slack working days which so many IT lawyers complain about….
In December 2007, the Data Sharing Review Secretariat sought responses to a range of questions on the steps that might be taken to improve the workings of the Data Protection Act 1998 with a particular focus on data sharing. SCL’s Privacy and Data Protection Interest Group has worked on a meaningful response, with Andrew Sharpe…