NLA v Meltwater: Court of Appeal Judgment Handed Down
The Court of Appeal has given judgment in this case. The verdict: a win for the NLA and the newspapers….
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Privacy & Data Protection
The Irresistible Force Meets the Immovable Object
Gawie Nienaber and John Yates assess the impact of the Cloud on the traditional IT business model…
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Looking after the Basics
We all need to remind ourselves from time to time about key skills that we take for granted…
Digital Agenda: Breach Notification Consultation
The EU Commission is consulting on possible rules for notifying personal data breaches…
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Consent: Article 29 Working Party Opinion
The Article 29 Working Party has published a new opinion offering ‘a thorough analysis of the concept of consent as currently used in the Data Protection Directive and in the e-Privacy Directive’…
L’Oréal v eBay: ECJ Judgment
The Court of Justice of the European Union has given judgment in the long-standing dispute between L’Oréal (and various subsidiaries) and eBay (and some of the sellers on eBay), concerning the sale, without L’Oréal’s consent, of L’Oréal products on the online marketplace operated by eBay. It is bad news for eBay but it may have much wider implications….
Qatari Data Privacy
Dino Wilkinson analyses the new draft privacy law published in Qatar…
Data Protection: Monetary Penalties Consultation
The Information Commissioner has launched a consultation on changes to monetary penalties guidance and has issued draft revised guidance…
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SCL 6th Annual Policy Forum 2011: The New Shape of European Internet Regulation
Now firmly established as a leading event on the calendar for both IT law academics and IT law practitioners, the SCL Forum 2011 will grapple with Internet law reform. While a combination of blue-sky thinking and grounded, practical views sounds like a recipe for disaster, experience shows that it leads to a very special event….
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Treading the Fine Line
Nicola Fulford reports on the SCL Privacy & Data Protection Group meeting of 23 June that was subtitled ‘Mitigating Bribery Act Risk and staying data privacy compliant…