Predictions 2017 – Tech and More
A selection of predictions covering technical issues and developments affecting lawyers and the wider world…
Privacy & Data Protection
Editorial
This issue is dominated by two themes – predictions for 2017 and beyond and articles inspired by presentations at the SCL Tech Law Futures Conference. Those themes are pretty obviously connected. Real Change? I have contributed to the Tech Law Futures section as I was one of the speakers at the Conference. I have tried…
Facebook, WhatsApp and Competition Investigation
The European Commission alleges Facebook provided misleading information about WhatsApp takeover…
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CJEU Ruling in Data Retention Cases
The Court of Justice of the European Union has published its judgment in the case concerning retention of data, which includes the reference in the UK dispute originally brought by Tom Watson MP and David Davis MP…
Article 29 Working Party Guidance on Data Protection Officers
The Article 29 Working Party has published guidance on the role and the need for the appointment of data protection officers once the GDPR is fully in force…
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Article 29 Working Party Guidelines: Lead Supervisory Authority
The Article 29 Working Party has published guidance relating to the GDPR which seeks to clarify the need for identifying a controller or processor’s lead supervisory authority and how that authority is to be determined…
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Article 29 Working Party Guidelines: Data Portability
The Article 29 Working Party has published guidance on the new right to data portability which arises under the GDPR…
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Predictions 2017.17 – Monica Horten
Complex potential Brexit effects are considered by Monica Horten…
Predictions 2017.14 – Paul Lambert
Paul Lambert thinks 2017 may well be one of the busiest years for data protection issues….
Book Review: ‘Uberworked and Underpaid’
Neil Brown reviews Trebor Scholz’s new book, taking aim at the so-called ‘gig economy’….