Online courts: what will they look like?
Mark O’Conor, the SCL Chair, looks at recent developments in online justice and looks forward to an exciting event in which SCL is very much involved…
Litigation & DR
Could the English Courts Give Judgments in Bitcoin?
Looking across jurisdictions and back to the 18th century, Lawrence Akka QC and Henry Byam-Cook consider a question for the here and now…
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Commons Select Committee’s Interim Report on Disinformation and ‘fake news’
In a first interim report in its Disinformation and ‘fake news’ inquiry, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has issued a series of stark warnings and made a series of recommendations….
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Cloud and Other Digital Services Providers – Security & Incident Notification Obligations under the UK NIS Regulations, and GDPR comparison
Dr W Kuan Hon explains the impact of the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018…
Latest Investigatory Powers Commencement
The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 bring into force provisions in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 relating to bulk acquisition warrants and bulk personal datasets and, to the extent not already commenced, provisions relating to the retention of communications data….
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal, Bulk Data Collection and Despair
The IPT has given its latest judgment in the case of Privacy International v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Laurence Eastham thinks it is depressing….
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NCSC Report on Threats to Legal Sector
The National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, has published a report highlighting the threats to law firms and offering guidance on combating the threats…
Public Sector Bodies (Websites and Mobile Applications) Accessibility Regulations
New regulations on accessibility have been published but do not have effect until September…
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Time to get Technical? Revolutionizing the (Deplorable?) System of Internet Governance
This entry to the SCL Student Essay Prize earned Viraj Ananth the runner-up spot. It is a challenging and original take on the set question, which concerned the relative importance of law and ISP action in enforcement on the Internet….
ICO intends to fine Facebook £500,000 and calls for statutory Code of Practice to regulate use of personal information in political campaigning
Notice of intent and recommendations published in the light of preliminary findings in the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica investigation…