Computer Misuse Prosecutions
Peter Sommer examines the lessons to be taken from two recent prosecutions under the Computer Misuse Act 1990….
Privacy & Data Protection
Building Blocks
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…
Intranets – Why, and Why Bother?
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…
Limitation Clauses, Restitution and Doomed Computer Systems
The recent case of South West Water v ICL has provoked intense interest and Nick Sarker analyses it for us….
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E- Commerce and its Impact on Pricing
Ben Goodger is a Partner at Willoughby & Partners. He may becontacted at ben@iprights.com ‘A long time ago – maybe last Thursday…’ is how one of the Winnie thePooh stories starts. It’s a bit like that with any discussion of the world ofe-commerce. There are bound to be things in this article which are out-of-dateby…
Data Protection Act 1998: Preparing for Compliance
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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Mars and Bars on Software Protection
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…
Sugar the Pill
Brian Bennett explains that compliant e-mail archiving introduces significant operational benefits….
From the Editor’s Chair
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E-commerce Policy Developments in the UK and the EU
Heather Rowe is a Partner at Lovell White Durrant….
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