Preparation for DP Reform: ICO Guidance
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published a 12-step guide to preparation for the GDPR…
Privacy & Data Protection
Is ‘Privacy’ Still Relevant in a World of Bastard Data?
Joe McNamee’s article, one of our regular opinion pieces, may raise wider debate about the real meaning of privacy in a changed data landscape…
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Internet and Trade Marks: Latest CJEU Decision
The CJEU has held that a former authorised car dealer was not responsible for online advertisements which continued to associate the dealer with the ‘Mercedes-Benz’ trade mark….
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User-friendly T&Cs: BIS Consultation Underway
The Department for Business Innovation & Skills has published a new consultation ‘seeking views on how terms and conditions (T&Cs) can be made more user-friendly and on proposals to introduce fines for unfair terms’…
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Privacy Shield Draft Text Published
The EU Commission has published the text of various documents that aim to ‘restore trust in transatlantic data flows’…
Editorial
GDPR Focus Like Hannibal Smith in the A-Team, I love it when a plan comes together. But I love it even more when my half-baked idea for a vehicle gets grasped by the SCL membership and turned into something that looks like a beautifully engineered limousine. And that’s what happened with this issue. The GDPR…
Liability for Data Security Breaches: Follow up and US Twist
Paul Golding expands upon an earlier piece on data security risk allocation and looks at a recent case in the USA that underlines the importance of the issue…
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Shifting the Burden of Consent under the GDPR
In the latest in our series of articles on the GDPR, Felicity Turton reflects on the change in the wording of the consent requirement and speculates on its impact…
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Wearable Technology and the GDPR
Lorna Cropper explains why she believes that users of wearable technology will receive greater protection under the GDPR, in particular via data protection by design and by default and because of codes of conduct and certification….
Standard Essential Patents and FRAND: Recent Developments in the UK
Two recent cases have cast light on the way a court might view FRAND terms. Tom Foster sets the scene and examines the guidance that has emerged….
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