Spam Texters: Massive Monetary Penalties
The Information Commissioner’s Office issued monetary penalties totalling £440,000 in respect of two spam texters…
Litigation & DR
Podcast: “UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp – The Legal and Commercial Implications of the ECJ decision” – 22 November 2012
A recording of a recent SCL meeting…
CAP on Online Behavioural Advertising
Helen Hart looks at new rules announced by the Committee of Advertising Practice…
Disclosure of Personal Data and Proportionality: Supreme Court Judgment
The Supreme Court has considered the principles involved when making a Norwich Pharmacal order and whether disclosure of personal data is proportionate in the context of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Article 8…
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Technical Aspects of ‘Right to be Forgotten’: ENISA Report
The European Network and Information Security Agency has compiled a report ‘The right to be forgotten – between expectations and practice’ which it published on 20 November….
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ICO Code on Anonymisation
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published a new code of practice on managing data protection risks in relation to anonymisation…
EDPS Opinion on Cloud Computing
The EDPS has adopted an opinion which expresses his concern that responsibility for data protection and privacy in the Cloud should not be ‘up in the air’…
Boldness Be My Friend – A Year On
At the SCL Forum in September, Graham Smith spoke about the regulation of the Internet and what he saw as the best way forward. This article is an edited version of the views expressed in that talk. These are his personal views, not attributable to his law firm or to any client. A series of articles arising from the Forum will be published in the New Year – this one is very much for now as Leveson looms and decisions on the Communications Bill and social media prosecutions are considered….
Roger Bickerstaff: SCL’s New Chair
Roger Bickerstaff has taken over as the SCL Chair after almost six years as a Trustee of SCL. SCL has new trustees too….
Monetary Penalty for Data Inaccuracy
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a monetary penalty for data inaccuracy, the first such penalty to relate to faults in data handling beyond the confines of simple data loss…