Making Privacy a Competitive Advantage
The 14th Annual Privacy Laws & Business Conference was held once again, at St. John’s College, Cambridge over three full days in early July….
Litigation & DR
Internet Interest Group: Cybercrime
The two speakers at the meeting were Steven Philippsohn, of Philippsohn Crawfords Berwald, and DS Clive Blake, from the Computer Crime Unit of Scotland Yard. This report from Delia Venables is a distillation of both their talks; the ideas are theirs, but she claims responsibility for any errors….
NISCC and the Internet Security Threat
This article from the NISCC Secretariat explains what the NISCC aims to do and the services it can provide by way of alerting to security dangers….
IT Breakdown – Prevention and Cure
Joe Reevy advises on how to approach and manage an IT dispute. He considers the basic legal issues and the steps to take to minimise problems when things go wrong….
Pickwick updated
An extract from an edition of the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club originally by Charles Dickens…
To Disclose or Not to Disclose: That is the Question
The recent case of Totalise v Motley Fool, decided on 19 February 2001, dealt with disclosure in the context of a Web site….
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WI Fi Woes
Robin Bynoe reviews the risks inherent in the use of wi-fi and the allocation of liability when things go wrong….
Information Technology and Human Rights: An International Perspective
The following article is developed from a lecture given by W.S. Gale QC to the Scottish Society for Computers & Law at the joint meeting with the Faculty of Advocates IT Group in Edinburgh….
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Court Orders for the Preservation of Computer Data
Peter Susman QC explains how access to a litigation opponent’s incriminating computer files may be gained….
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Letter to the Editor
There are a number of significant omissions in AmandaKearsley’s article The Internet,Paedophilia and the ISP (C&L Vol 12 issue 1; April/May 2001) so that theresult is somewhat unbalanced. 1. Charges involving paedophiliac material are nearly always prosecutedunder the Protection of Children Act 1978, not the Obscene Publications Act uponwhich Ms Kearsley concentrates. This applied in…