Why the Big Buzz about Big Data?
They are all bigging up big data. With data obesity impending, Phil Lee gives you a slim and focused summary of what matters about big data….
Privacy & Data Protection
MPs Call for Imprisonment for Data Protection Offences
A committee of MPs has called for the Home Secretary to increase the penalty for offences under the Data Protection Act 1998, s 55…
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Resale of Software Licences: Latest ECJ Judgment
The Court of Justice of the European Union has given judgment on a referral from a German court on the directive on the legal protection of computer programs and the first sale rules…
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Cloud Computing: New Article 29 Working Party Opinion
The Article 29 Working Part has adopted a new Opinion which ‘analyses all relevant issues for cloud computing service providers operating in the EEA and their clients’….
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Cookies and Law Firm Compliance
With the cookie law already in full swing, Kuan Hon carried out a survey of law firm web sites in mid June. So how are the top London tech law firms doing in complying with the law?…
Data Protection Legislative Framework: Ministry of Justice Publishes Consultation Responses
The Ministry of Justice has published a summary of the responses it received to its Call for Evidence on the Proposed EU Data Protection Legislative Framework…
Open Data White Paper: Unleashing the Potential
The Cabinet Office has published its Open Data White Paper…
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Oracle (formerly Sun) v M-Tech: Supreme Court Judgment
The Supreme Court gave its judgment on 27 June in the dispute over the chilling effect of Sun marketing restrictions….
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Binding Corporate Rules: New Guidance
European data protection authorities have adopted a new working document on Binding Corporate Rules for Processors…
Another NHS Trust Hit with Monetary Penalty
A Belfast Trust has been fined £225,000 after leaving thousands of patient records in disused hospital premises…