I’ve been thinking recently about the limits of data protection recently with all the debate going on about the new Directive. I have some frustration with the debate, particularly over the validity of the consents that are given by data subjects….
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A recording of a recent SCL meeting…
Read More… from Podcast: Mr Justice Akenhead – “Technology and Dispute Resolution”- 16 January 2013
With some interesting side comments on the nature of copyright breach, the High Court has rejected copyright owners’ proprietary claim to the fruits of an infringement…
Read More… from Copyright, Newzbin’s Ghost and the Fruits of Infringement
The EU Commission has given details of its cybersecurity plan, designed ‘to protect open internet and online freedom and opportunity’…
How do the new technologies associated with e-disclosure sit with the new regime for managing cases and costs that follows on from the Jackson Review? James Morrey-Jones, Tracey Stretton and Mark Surguy explain….
Chris Marsden and Ian Brown see a regulatory crisis and a prosumer law solution. They explain how regulatory solutions based on code, rather than fines or other traditional methods, can be the right solution in a prosumer world. Chris chaired the SCL Policy Forum 2012….
Neil Brown examines the crowdsourced funding web site Kickstarter, asking what Kickstarter needs to do to ensure that consumers are adequately protected against project failure….
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Dave Evans sets out the latest position on the data reform package as viewed from the ICO’s perspective and gives an insight into the ICO focus and actions relating to it. Dave was a participant in the SCL Forum 2012 and this article updates much of what he had to say there….
Read More… from EU Data Protection Reforms: How the Process Works, and What the ICO Is Doing
As has been widely reported, Sony has received a monetary penalty following a hacking attack which led to a leak of customer information. Details and comment below….
Chris Eastham reports on the recent meeting of the SCL IT Disputes Group, hosted and sponsored by SNR Denton LLP, where Mr Justice Akenhead gave his views…
Read More… from SCL Meeting Report: Technology and Dispute Resolution