Michael Butterworth and Rachel Kane review a wide range of cases where the courts have been asked to consider the impact of an obligation to exercise ‘good faith’ and draw useful lessons from them…
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Andres Guadamuz and Chris Marsden explain the origins of blockchain, highlight some of its applications and look to its future…
Read More… from Blockchains not Bitcoin: Distributed Ledger Technology
Lorna Cropper explains why she believes that users of wearable technology will receive greater protection under the GDPR, in particular via data protection by design and by default and because of codes of conduct and certification….
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has launched a consultation on ‘Child Safety Online: Age Verification for Pornography’…
Read More… from Age Verification for Pornography Consultation
Two recent cases have cast light on the way a court might view FRAND terms. Tom Foster sets the scene and examines the guidance that has emerged….
Read More… from Standard Essential Patents and FRAND: Recent Developments in the UK
Stewart James gives an account of this important new pending directive…
Read More… from The Network and Information Security Directive (‘Cybersecurity’ Directive)
In another in our series focusing on the impact of the GDPR, Natalie Stockmann asks if the end of the old funding model for the ICO creates a challenge or opportunity…
Read More… from GDPR and ICO Funding: What now for the Information Commissioner?
Kuan Hon mourns the (impending) death of cloud computing at the hands of the GDPR, and even suggests a song to sing while preparing for its demise…
Following the presentation by the EU Commission of its proposals for a replacement for Safe Harbour – the Privacy Shield – the Article 29 Working Party has released a statement of its position….
Read More… from Article 29 Working Party Statement re Schrems, Safe Harbour and the Privacy Shield
In his first communication with SCL members as SCL Chair, Mark O’Conor gives a sense of where SCL has got to and where it can go as a Society over the next few years….