Open Data White Paper: Unleashing the Potential
The Cabinet Office has published its Open Data White Paper…
Read More… from Open Data White Paper: Unleashing the Potential
Privacy & Data Protection
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….
Read More… from Oracle (formerly Sun) v M-Tech: Supreme Court Judgment
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…
Editorial
In his excellent article in this issue, Andrew Tibber asks the question ‘The Defamation Bill: A Fair Balance?‘ in his title for the piece. He ends, I think with clause 5 (the web site operators’ defence) in mind, thus: ‘genuine claimants, for whom an initial cease and desist letter to a web site host or…
Draft Communications Bill Published
The highly controversial plans for the Bill to ‘Make provision for ensuring or otherwise facilitating the availability of communications data and as to its obtaining by public authorities; and for connected purposes’ has now been published….
Online Contract Formation: Consideration and Fairness
A recent case has illustrated once again the dangers of seeking to impose unfair terms when allocating liability in contracts, especially where consumers are involved. Helen Hart explains how this case shows that aiming to give your business flexibility might mean that you do not have a contract at all….
Read More… from Online Contract Formation: Consideration and Fairness
ICO and Google Street View: Updated
The Information Commissioner’s Office has written to Google asking questions about Street View and its data collection. Google has responded. The ICO is clearly unhappy with Google’s behaviour during the initial investigation period in light of the fuller picture that has now emerged and Google is surprised that the ICO wants to re-open the investigation….
Cookies: Latest Article 29 Working Party Opinion
The assembled wisdom of the European data protection authorities has produced an authoritative Opinion on the ‘cookie consent exemption’…
Read More… from Cookies: Latest Article 29 Working Party Opinion
The Inevitable Development of IT Hosting within the Legal Sector
In this article, which originally appeared as a white paper written for and on behalf of smartlegal.it, Bill Kirby expands on his view that law firms need to look hard at the advantage that they may gain by the use of hosted IT services – and that they need to look at that option now…
Read More… from The Inevitable Development of IT Hosting within the Legal Sector