Stale Cookies Given a Fresh Crunch
Is cookie compliance going to hamper innovation such as personalisation? In a forthcoming SCL meeting, worlds collide and the resulting compound could be gold for IT lawyers….
Privacy & Data Protection
Big Data: Big Issues?
Big Data raises issues, legal philosophical and practical, that create a debate – and it is a debate that extends beyond privacy concerns and will benefit from the participation of IT lawyers. Do you want to be involved?…
Google’s Search Commitments
Following the EU Commission’s initial moves to address concerns about Google’s dominant position in search, the Commission is seeking feedback on commitments offered by Google to address competition concerns…
Editorial
This is a strong issue. In normal circumstances, I would be pleased with the fact that we have so many excellent reviews of recent IT law cases, two outstanding pieces on big data and related issues and provocative pieces on the very intriguing issues that arise from bots and drones. It is so strong that…
Data in a Crisis – Manage Your Risk
With litigation and internal investigations always at least conceivable, and perhaps just round the corner, Caroline Jan considers ways to manage data risks so as to limit the damage caused by a sudden crisis…
Now is the Time to Say Goodbye
Ruth Baker looks back on her time as SCL’s kingpin as she retires after 25 years with the Society. See the end of the article for a selection from some of the tributes paid to Ruth’s work for SCL. A pdf of the version of this article which appears in the April/May issue of Computers & Law can be downloaded from the panel opposite….
Article 29 Data Protection Working Party Opinion on Purpose Limitation
The European data protection authorities have clarified the principle of ‘purpose limitation’…
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Recollections of SCL in the 1980s and Early 1990s
In the year of SCL’s 40th anniversary, Richard Susskind, now President of SCL, offers a personal recollection of his early days in SCL…
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Human Enhancement Technologies – Edging towards the Cyborg?
Dr Benjamin Farrand asks: can you be greater than the sum of your parts? He considers just some of the socio-legal problems with Human Enhancement Technologies…
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Google Privacy Policy Enforcement
Six European data protection authorities are to launch coordinated and simultaneous enforcement actions in light of Google’s alleged breaches of data protection law…