After a hacker threatened to publish thousands of names of people who sought advice on abortion, pregnancy and contraception, the Information Commissioner’s Office has imposed a monetary penalty of £200,000 on the BPAS…
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Questions arising from the SCL Data Protection Update Seminar held on 28 January 2014. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC15 – CPD: 2 hours…
Tough Questions When writing introductions to articles for this issue, I found that I had to ration my use of the phrase ‘asks tough questions’. Two articles touching on data protection are prime examples. Lillian Pang and Peter Lee made me wonder whether the immense effort that is made to protect data properly reflects the…
Matt Sharkey reports on Richard Stephens recent tour de force at the SCL Annual IT Contracts Update…
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The Information Commissioner’s Office has now published its updated PIA Code…
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Using his experience compiled over a series of transactions, Raghunath Ananthapur brings these two common contractual provisions into close focus and offers his insights into the ‘market standard’ and the approaches that work best….
The European Data Protection Supervisor has offered his views on the recent concerns over Safe Harbor. He believes that enforcing EU data protection law is essential for rebuilding trust between the EU and the USA…
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In what seems like a last-ditch attempt to get EU ministers to focus on resolving the remaining major issues on data protection reform, the European Data Protection Supervisor has written to the President of the EU Commission expressing his views on the critical issues…
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The latest High Court judgment on protected search terms has resulted in a triumph for the specialist cosmetics company, Lush…
Read More… from Lush v Amazon: High Court Judgment on Trade Mark Infringement Online
Claire Davies, Hannah Crowther and Emma Charlton report on the Data Protection Update Seminar held at Bristows LLP on 28 January…
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