Local Government and CRM – The Legal Issues
Paul Russell looks at the legal barriers to full CRM (customer relationship management) integration in local government and suggests that cultural barriers may really be the main stumbling block….
Privacy & Data Protection
Trade Marks, Search Engines and Fair Play
The Internet has opened up new channels of communication and ways of doing business. It has generated new possibilities for businesses to compete effectively in the open market. It has also created new ways in which companies (and individuals) can engage in commercial mischief such as exploiting the property rights of others without authorisation. In…
New Classicism? Freedom of Contract, Risk Distribution and Recent Trends in the Drafting of IT Contracts
“Freedom of contract has fallen, but I cannot believe that it has fallen that far” remarked HHJ Bowsher in Grovedeck Ltd v Capital Demilition Ltd. Although his remark was expressed in a different context, Adrian Hughes and James Bowling take the view that freedom of contract is on the march again in the approach of the courts to clauses allocating risk in IT contracts…
10 Dangers in Data Centre Contracts
Jimmy Desai offers a short summary of the topics that all IT lawyers need to consider when advising on data centre contracts…
Transferring data through model contracts: original clauses v alternative clauses
The regulatory limitations affecting international transfers of personal data have been a controversial issue since the early nineties. Even before the deadline for implementation of the 1995 Data Protection Directive kicked in, businesses across the European Union struggled to find a way to accommodate their normal data sharing and communication practices to the impending legislation….
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IT SECURITY – What Every Technology Lawyer Needs to Know about IT Security
Kit Burden explains why IT security matters to technology lawyers or at least should matter. This article is based on his presentation to the Law Society of Scotland/SSCL Conference earlier this year…
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Unfair Contract Terms Bill
Victoria Ford reviews the draft Bill on unfair contract terms. Will standard terms and conditions be worth the paper they are written on when the proposed new unfair contract terms legislation comes into force? The IT industry has had many brushes with UCTA over the years and is likely to be keenly affected by developments….
Insourcing – Reversing the Trend?
Kit Burden asks if the outsourcing charabanc has run out of fuel, and whether there are times when the best alternative might be found close to home….
Consumer Protection on Online Auction Sites: Just an Illusion?
Dr Christine Riefa examines the eBay phenomenon, its legal classification and the implications for consumer protection….
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