Sometimes so confusing that it might well pertain to a Galaxy far, far away, the ongoing complexities of the litigation over smartphone patents leave many at a loss. John D. McGonagle offers a strategic overview of the smartphone ‘patent wars’…
An NHS trust has had to pay a monetary penalty of £90,000 for a breach of the Data Protection Act 1998….
Pablo Cortés outlines the recent proposals for ODR and makes constructive suggestions for improvements which will increase consumer confidence and take-up….
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Some further details on the proposed legislation have become available, and we have initial comments…
A Welsh health board has become the first NHS organisation to be served a monetary penalty following a serious breach of the Data Protection Act, the Information Commissioner’s Office said on 30 April….
People make mistakes. But some operate in areas where mistakes can cause terrible distress. Howard Sklar explains how the use of computer-assisted review might help the CPS cut down on mistakes. It is a lesson which is obviously of much wider application….
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ACTA’s measures to enforce IP rights in the digital environment could threaten privacy and data protection if not properly implemented according to the European Data Protection Supervisor…
Charles Holloway considers some of the current areas of controversy surrounding the use of predictive coding. This article is an edited version of a post which appeared recently on the Millnet Smart E-Discovery Blog….
Given that the IT industry is, almost by definition, innovative and thirsty for new challenges, it seems somewhat surprising that the ‘new cookies law’ provokes what authors in this issue describe as gasps of horror. It is a surprise partly because the so-called cookies law is not really ‘new’ anymore. It derives from a 2009…
A Parliamentary Inquiry has concluded that ISPs need to be more pro-active in encouraging the protection of children from accessing harmful content…
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