The New Privacy and E-Commerce Regulations
Renzo Marchini looks at the new regulations covering spam and cookies….
Privacy & Data Protection
Dot.com Survivor!
The Fourth “Nothing. But.The. Net” Conference drew crowds in Edinburgh….
Editorial
New SCL Initiatives Like many of the best ideas, SCL’s latest initiatives owe a debt to the past. The first acknowledges the growing range and importance of KM; the second is double pronged and aims to engage the interest of more students. A new Knowledge Management Interest Group is to be formed shortly. The full…
Internet Auctions, Agency and Consumer Rights
Online auction sites have grown in popularity. James Mitchell looks at the legal status of these sites by drawing a comparison with ‘physical’ auctions. His article also highlights differences, considers the formation and effect of contracts in this process, especially the legal position and remedies of unhappy buyers and the jurisdictional issues….
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Challenges to Database Information Retrieval
Catherine Colston looks at the problems with database information retrieval and suggests a way forward….
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E-Business Basics for Law Firms
Keith Arrowsmith reviews the latest offering from Christina Archbold….
SCL – THIRD ANNUAL IT LAW CONFERENCE
John Yates explains how “fun” and ” IT law” will go together at the SCL Conference to be held in Bath on 14th and 15th November….
Unsolicited Commercial E-mail Checklist
Jeremy Holt of Clark Holt has compiled a checklist of points to be considered before a commercial message is sent to a target….
The Rise of the Blog – Legal Risks and Liability
Paul Barton and Viv Nissanka of Field Fisher Waterhouse’s IT & E-Commerce Group discuss the legal risks and potential liabilities involved in publishing a “blog” for a business….
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Moving from Transmission to Collaboration
On a day in March this year, Amazon found itself under public scrutiny when its UK site – www.Amazon.co.uk – displayed a pricing error on iPaq PDAs, offering the product for sale at £7.32, when its normal retail price is £192. By 11 am that same day, the site was flooded with requests for iPaqs….