The Sextech Event: innuendo not included
Sextech is a serious matter. David Chaplin, SCL’s Development Editor, highlights some recent articles and looks forward to the forthcoming event….
Litigation & DR
New High Court Judgment on Limited Liability
The High Court has given judgment on preliminary issues affecting terms of a contract for IT services which sought to limit liability. The judge’s views on the limitation of liability clauses might tempt readers to tighten up their drafting….
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GDPR and HR: Who is Your Lead Supervisory Authority?
Razia Begum and Rachel Ashwood examine how the lead supervisory authority is determined for multi-national organisations that process HR data….
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Striking an Appropriate Balance: the UK Data Retention Regime and the IPA 2016
Tristan Goodman questions whether the UK data regime strikes an appropriate balance between efficiency and legitimacy…
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Singapore: Public Consultation on Proposed Changes to the Personal Data Protection Act
Darren Grayson Chng, our Associate Editor for Singapore, outlines proposals to modify their Personal Data Protection Act 2012, which came into operation in 2014….
Editorial August/September
In an issue dominated by reflections of the stellar June SCL Conference and July’s wonderful Online Courts Hackathon, Laurence Eastham chooses to moan about government incompetence in dealing with the GDPR….
China as the Next Leader in Legal Technology?
Following his recent trip to China, Richard Susskind reflects on the pace of change on legal technology there, sensing a swing of the pendulum and assessing the implications that may have for the legal landscape in the UK and beyond…
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Data Protection Bill: Statement of Intent Published
The DCMS has published a statement of intent covering the proposed contents of the Data Protection Bill…
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Application of Article 10 of the GDPR to the Financial Services’ Sector in the UK
Simon Brown and Helen Woollett explore and deplore the potential effect of Article 10 on the capacity of organisation concerned with financial services to monitor for fraud and other breaches of law…
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CJEU Declares EU/Canada PNR Agreement Invalid
The Court of Justice of the European Union has declared that the agreement envisaged between the EU and Canada on the transfer of Passenger Name Record data may not be concluded in its current form, stating that several provisions of the draft agreement do not accord with fundamental rights recognised by the EU…
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