Outsourcing in the Public Sector in Ireland
Pearse Ryan reviews a history of plans and policy documents on outsourcing and asks ‘where to next?’…
Privacy & Data Protection
The DSM and the Need for a Digital Magna Carta
Rene Summer suggests that we need an action-plan to embrace digitization of creativity in the digital single market and a statement of inviolable digital liberties…
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Police Pay Penalty
The Information Commissioner has imposed a monetary penalty on Lancashire Police….
SCL Response on Data Protection Call for Evidence
SCL has submitted its response to the Ministry of Justice’s Call for Evidence on the European Commission’s data protection proposals…
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BT/TalkTalk: Always an Unappealing Appeal
Carl Gardner writes on the rejected appeal by BT and TalkTalk over the Digital Economy Act’s impact on ISPs. This article is taken from his timely blog post on the always stimulating Head of Legal blog: www.headoflegal.com…
Data Protection Reform: EDPS Opinion and Cloud Legal Team Response
The European Data Protection Supervisor has published his official Opinion on the reform package and the Cloud Legal Project has published its response to the MoJ’s Call for Evidence on the proposals….
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BT/TalkTalk Judicial Review Judgment
The Court of Appeal’s judgment in the much anticipated dispute concerning the Digital Economy Act has now been published….
University’s Data Protection Breach
The dangers of inadvertent breach of the Data Protection Act arising from publishing on the web are highlighted by the latest report from the ICO…
ICO’s Initial Analysis of EU Data Protection Reform Proposals
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published what it describes as its initial analysis of the European Commission’s proposals for a revised data protection legislative framework…
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Cookies Compliance: The Practicalities
Many organisations, from internet start-ups to large regional, national and international businesses and public bodies, are starting to wake up to the reality of the amended cookies law. This article from Aisling Duffy, Holly Cheng and Alex Newson explores the practicalities of becoming compliant, including the experience of one business, Experian….