Lowering Nuisance Calls Threshold
A consultation on proposals for lowering the threshold for enforcement action relating to nuisance calls and spam texts has been announced…
Litigation & DR
EU Network and Information Security Directive
Pearse Ryan, Paddy Buckenham and Niall Donnelly give a full account of the proposals for the pending ‘Cybersecurity Directive’ and the latest developments affecting it, and wonder whether it is possible to legislate for cybersecurity….
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New Kid on the Blocking Order
Susan Barty, Tom Reid and Tom Scourfield give a detailed account of the ruling in Cartier International AG & Ors v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd & Ors and comment on its potential impact…
SCL Events Reports
For many years the magazine reported on SCL events but these are now found only online. But we worry that many members are missing out on memorable and useful training opportunities. So here are two reports on events from September. Annie Clarke reports on the SCL Big Data Masterclass, Big Data & Digital: competition, consumer protection and other challengesand James Henderson reports on the sixth module in SCL’s Foundation of IT Law, Cloud Computing….
Case Reports Round-up
Laurence Eastham reports on some judgments published in September arising from a few leading cases from the Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights that may have an impact on IT law practice…
Revenge Porn, RtbF and Ronseal
The names we give things matter and new government legislation does not do what it says on the tin….
PSD2 Redux
Simon Deane-Johns reviews the revised proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on payment services in the internal market…
Revenge Porn Legislation
Proposals to create the new offence of ‘disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress’ have now been published…
Who Wants to be Forgotten?
It may feel like a decade since we had that RtbF judgment in ‘Google Spain’ but it has been just six months. It has been all too easy to be distracted by the wide-ranging and sometimes overy philosohical debates on the topic. Andres Guadamuz takes a very welcome look at the judgment’s application in practice. It is essential reading for anyone contemplating attending the London session of the Google Advisory Council….
The Microsoft Warrant Case: Not Just an Irish Issue
John O’Connor outlines the latest position in the ‘Microsoft Warrant case’ where the Cloud provider was ordered by a US Federal Court to produce its customer’s private e-mail content even though it was stored exclusively outside the USA…
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