Richard Morgan is a founder member of SCL. He now acts as anindependent consultant and can be contacted on 0181 505 5847 or by e-mail at richardmorgan@woodfordessex.freeserve.co.uk Among the rights of data subjects in the Data Protection Act 1998, wefind (in s 14) Rectification, blocking, erasure and destruction. The 1984 Act (s24) had spoken only…
Rupert Kendrick LL.M is a Law Firm Management Consultant. He canbe contacted on 01234 782810, or by e-mail at RupertKendrick@compuserve.com Much has been written of the technological sophistication ofIntranets, but do lawyers really appreciate the potentially seismic effects theymight have on the management of the lawyer/client relationship? What is an Intranet? It might most easily…
Tim Pullan is a solicitor in the IT Telecoms Group at ArnheimTite & Lewis. He may be contacted at tim.pullan@uk.pwcglobal.com. On 12 July, the Government announced that the UK Data Protection Act 1998will come into force on the 1 March 2000. This announcement has ended months ofspeculation about the start date for the new legislation,…
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William Cook is a solicitor in the Intellectual Property andCommunications Groups at Simmons & Simmons, with particular experience inpatent litigation and advice relating to copyright and other forms of protectionof computer software. The recent decision in Mars UK Ltd v Teknowledge (11 June 1999) raisesimportant issues for companies making goods containing computer software, inparticular concerning…
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Rosemary Jay is Legal Adviser to the Data Protection Registrar.This is the first in an occasional series of updating columns. It has to be said that the victories of local football teams have figuredlarge in discussions in the Registrar’s office over the last few weeks anddays but some time has been spared to consider other…
John and Rosemary are partners with Oxley & Coward, a nicheIT law firm (www.oxcow.co.uk)….
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