Latest Monetary Penalty for Hacking Breach
The ICO has served a monetary penalty notice on an online travel services company that exposed customer records to a malicious hacker…
Litigation & DR
Legislating on Revenge Porn: An International Perspective
Alex Cochrane looks at the latest suggestions that the UK will legislate on revenge porn and asks if anything can be learned from the different international approaches to date…
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When Hackers Strike, Who Pays the Bill?
Threats to internet security are constantly in the news, but organisations of all sizes will know that there is a real cost to be borne when systems are hacked. James Hyde and Neil Jackson consider a recent TCC judgment which had to consider who should bear the cost….
Ofcom Report on Internet Safety Measures
Ofcom has published its report on progress on measures designed to protect children from ‘harmful content’ when using the Internet…
SCL Event Report: Foundations of IT Law Programme – Module 5: Risk, Cyber-threat and Computer Misuse
Laura Bruin reports on the fifth module in SCL’s Foundation of IT Law, which took place on 2 July 2014…
In-app Purchases: Google is Teacher’s Pet and Apple is on the Naughty Step
The European Commission reports on progress, and the lack of it, in improving transparency on in-app purchases in online games. Reads like an end-of term report…
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Tiptoeing Through the Online Jungle: The Media’s Need for Guidance
Justin Dear offers some guidelines of general application that may help those working in the media decide when it is legal and acceptable to publish photographs online…
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Facebook Experiment: Justified Outrage
Filtering news and manipulating moods and emotions? Yep, that’s me. And probably lots of you too….
Dangers of Outsourcing by Regulated Entities
Pearse Ryan, Rob Cain and Emma Dunne recount a cautionary tale that arises from the Central Bank of Ireland’s recent imposition of a fine on an insurer for breaches of consumer protection legislation…
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Crypto-currencies and the Law – The Irish Position
Pearse Ryan, Rob Cain and Emma Dunne review the developments on crypto-currencies like Bitcoin which are of relevance in Ireland…
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