The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament has voted through an amended version of the data protection reform package. The associated excitement may be misplaced, or at least a little overstated. But SCL members may find the unofficial consolidated version of the regulation of real interest….
A ruling by the First-tier Tribunal on an appeal against a monetary penalty notice calls into question the ICO’s assessment of when it is appropriate to issue a monetary penalty notice…
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David Chaplin reports on the SCL Annual Conference 2013, ‘All the IT Law you need for 2014’…
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Practising IT Law is not for the faint-hearted. At any moment you could be asked to advise on any number of issues, from the liabilities and risks in an IT supply contract, through data protection of employee records to complex e-commerce issues. All the advice you give must be thoroughly grounded in the relevant law…
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The Article 29 Working Party have agreed and published new guidance on consent to cookies. Catch up on its other latest activities too….
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An article in the FT has caused a bit of a stir and I wonder what SCL members think…
Martin Sloan covers the first successful challenge to a monetary penalty notice and considers its implications…
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I am rather late to Gartner’s hype cycle for 2013 but it is all a bit frightening for those pedestrians among us who are struggling to keep up. I have some sympathetic suggestions for IT lawyers….
Yoann Le Bihan thinks that ‘zero risk’ is not attainable and offers some common-sense suggestions for assessing the level of security you need…
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Joanne Frears continues her series of articles on aspects of augmented reality, based on her experiences of advising some of the most cutting-edge of AR providers…