Privacy and Apps Survey
A global survey has found that 85% of mobile apps fail to provide basic privacy information…
Litigation & DR
The Microsoft Dublin Warrant Case and Litigation Readiness
Nick Rich considers one aspect of the recent controversial ruling affecting Microsoft servers in Dublin and suggests an approach to deal with it…
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Data Protection Warning after Job Leaver’s Conviction
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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Legal and Procedural Aspects of ODR in a Justice System
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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Implementing Online Dispute Resolution in a Public Justice System
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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ICO Fines MoJ
Repeated security failings lead to £180,000 monetary penalty for Ministry of Justice…
Editorial
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…
August Trivia: The Game of Thrones Law Quiz
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….
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing – A Brief Introduction
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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Quantified Self and the Privacy Challenge in Wearables
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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