The Information Commissioner’s Office is highlighting the conviction of a paralegal who left his job, taking files with personal information, and warns that this amounts to an offence…
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Darin Thompson continues his series of articles on online dispute resolution. In this second article in his series, he looks both at some conceptual matters affecting the foundation of the approach to ODR solutions and at some highly practical issues that flow from his preferred approach….
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In the first of a series of articles, Darin Thompson examines ODR issues at a time when they may become of special relevance in England and Wales…
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Repeated security failings lead to £180,000 monetary penalty for Ministry of Justice…
SCL Technology Law Futures Forum This issue features six articles which arise from the very successful Technology Law Futures Forum which took place in late June. I am grateful to the speakers who have taken the time to turn their presentations, or aspects of their presentations, into articles for the magazine. I am still hoping…
As T S Eliot almost said, ‘August is the cruellest month’ – everybody else is on holiday, or maybe you are just back from holiday and wondering why you bothered to return. Adam Whitfield-Jones and Joanne Frears have put together a diversion that might help lawyers who really don’t want to be lawyering at the moment….
Hamed Haddadi, Akram Alomainy and Ian Brown explain what the ‘quantified self’ is and identify some of the privacy risks that arise. This is one of our series of articles arising from the SCL Technology Law Futures Forum, which is still available as a podcast, at which Akram spoke….
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Andelka M. Phillips provides a summary of her presentation at the SCL Technology Law Futures Forum. It is intended to provide a very brief introduction to the direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC) industry and the issues it raises for the law. (Please note that this is part of research that is ongoing)….
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The SCL Technology Law Futures Forum in June included a debate on personal data stores. One of the speakers, William Heath explains the benefits and costs and responds to some of the questions raised on the day….
Inspired by Paul Motion and Laura Irvine’s article A Series of Unlikely Events, Richard Morgan shares his further thoughts on the ICO practice since the Scottish Borders decision…