Irish Data Protection Bill
Alex Towers and John Magee of William Fry offer some highlights from the Bill published on 1 February…
Litigation & DR
Blockchain and Smart Contracts: Book-Smart, Not Street-Smart
In this edited version of her recent paper, Book-Smart, Not Street-Smart: Blockchain-Based Contracts and the Social Workings of Law (which can be linked to below), Karen Levy examines blockchain-based contracts and the social workings of law…
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Demystifying Transparency – What Do the GDPR, Articles 13 and 14 GDPR Really Mean?
Gemma Briance and Geoffrey Sturgess drill down into the obligations imposed by the GDPR, Articles 13 and 14 and advocate a proportionate interpretation of inflexible requirements…
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Data Retention Rights: Clarity Remains Elusive
The Court of Appeal has given judgment on the Home Secretary’s appeal against the High Court judgment ruling that the data retention powers in the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014. The extent of the ongoing rights to retain data for ‘security’ and related purposes remain distressingly unclear….
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Singapore’s Cybersecurity Bill: An Update
Darren Grayson Chng, our Singapore International Associate Editor, reports on an amended Cybersecurity Bill, just introduced to the Singapore Parliament….
Jurisdiction: Schrems is a Consumer but No Collective Action
The CJEU has given judgment on the right of privacy activist Max Schrems to sue Facebook in his home jurisdiction…
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Monetary Penalty Notice Reduction on Appeal
The First-tier Tribunal has rejected the appeal of Basildon Council against an ICO monetary penalty notice but has reduced the amount payable under it. Laurence Eastham reports the judgment and comments on fines guidance….
Should We Be Building Online Prior Restraint Machines?
Graham Smith warns of threats to freedom of speech from a rush to judgment that ignores any need for due process…
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Initial Coin Offerings: A Call for Governance
Tara Waters and Ian Maywald give a useful insight into the basics of Initial Coin Offerings and explain the need for a best practices framework on which future offerings might be based…
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Predictions 2018 – 21
Chris Dale has made a habit of sending SCL a great set of somewhat acerbic predictions. Here is another glorious product of his warped crystal ball….