SCL at 40: The IT Community in 1973
Richard Morgan is not only one of SCL’s longest-standing members but mirrors its development, going from IT proponent and exponent to widely respected IT law specialist. He looks back on SCL’s early days….
Privacy & Data Protection
Google’s Privacy Policy: Threat of ‘Repressive Action’
EU data protection authorities are not happy with Google’s responses to their questions on privacy and threaten a ‘coordinated repressive action’…
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The Right to be Forgotten – In Everyone’s Interests
Paul Lambert writes about the positive side of the right to be forgotten and the dangers of diluting the right…
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Dubai: DIFC Data Protection Law
Fiona Tyas draws attention to new legislation which may affect those dealing with Dubai…
Competition Law Issues in Cloud Computing
Tim Cowen looks at the cloud and the pitfalls associated with it. He reviews the competition issues and highlights the importance of the correct contractual provisions in cloud computing contracts…
Information Law and the Limitations of Consent
I’ve been thinking recently about the limits of data protection recently with all the debate going on about the new Directive. I have some frustration with the debate, particularly over the validity of the consents that are given by data subjects….
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Regulating Code: Towards a Prosumer Law
Chris Marsden and Ian Brown see a regulatory crisis and a prosumer law solution. They explain how regulatory solutions based on code, rather than fines or other traditional methods, can be the right solution in a prosumer world. Chris chaired the SCL Policy Forum 2012….
Kickstarter: Crowdsourcing, Commitments and Consumer Protection
Neil Brown examines the crowdsourced funding web site Kickstarter, asking what Kickstarter needs to do to ensure that consumers are adequately protected against project failure….
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EU Data Protection Reforms: How the Process Works, and What the ICO Is Doing
Dave Evans sets out the latest position on the data reform package as viewed from the ICO’s perspective and gives an insight into the ICO focus and actions relating to it. Dave was a participant in the SCL Forum 2012 and this article updates much of what he had to say there….
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The New and the Old – E-mails and the Common Law
David Blunt QC considers the lessons from Fairstar v Adkins and the guidance that can be gleaned on ownership of e-mails…
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