Big Brother: Grateful or Worried?
When the surveillance society came knocking at my door, I started off grateful and ended up worried. And I started to wonder about privacy and the right to do wrong….
Privacy & Data Protection
New ICO Statement on the Interception Modernisation Programme
The Information Commissioner’s Office has released a new statement on the government plans for a database of communications data….
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A Conflict between Old and New Media
Alan MacDougall tells the tale of a recent row over classic images and outlines the lessons that we might learn from it….
The Semantic Web: Legal Challenges
Brian Harley, Philip Nolan, Liam Ó Móráin and Mark Leyden tease out, from the current state of the emerging technologies, what legal challenges those involved in the development of the Semantic Web and its applications need to be aware of. They also give lawyers who are not familiar with the Semantic Web a glimpse of the potential and pitfalls that these exciting new technologies present….
Latest ICO Comment on New Data Protection Proposals
The ICO has issued a memorandum on the Government amendments to the Coroners and Justice Bill introduced in the House of Lords….
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EU Commission Consultation on Data Protection
The EU Commission has begun a ‘Consultation on the legal framework for the fundamental right to protection of personal data’…
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Consult, Divide and Rule?
Am I missing something about the latest EU Commission consultation on data protection? Or are they?…
Tiered Data Notification Fees
A new fee structure for data protection notification has been published and comes into force on 1 October….
Data Exports to Processors and Sub-processors
Rosemary Jay looks at the current thinking in the EU on data exports, and regrets that she seems to encounter one example of data protection law being topsy-turvy….
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Disclaimers: The Devil’s in the Detail
The explosion in BlackBerry and smartphone use is posing a real challenge for businesses trying to enforce e-mail policies and legal disclaimers, says Andrew Millington….