In another in our series of articles on Smart Cities, Rob Procter describes a vision for the smart city – more open and more community focused than the norm…
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In another in our series of articles focusing on Smart Cities, we are reminded that buildings are, rather obviously, a central ingredient of smart cities. Dr Holger Schnädelbach explains the less obvious: how data and technology are linked to the built environment…
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In the first of a series of articles on the Smart Cities theme, Rob Kitchin introduces some of the key concepts and issues. This article will be featured in the June/July issue of Computers & Law, which will focus on Smart Cities from a range of perspectives, with a view to giving technology lawyers a wider understanding of one of the most important developments of this decade and the decades to come….
In the second in our series of articles on Smart Cities, Lachlan Urquhart and Dr Ewa Luger address the disconnect between DP regulation and systems design. Their research in this area may have identified one route to ‘creative compliance’….
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Phil Lee guides you through the changes made to the Article 29 Working Party guidance on Processor Binding Corporate Rules and gives his tips on coping with government requests for access to data….
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The Article 29 Working Party has published a revised version of its guidance on Processor Binding Corporate Rules…
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Tom Bolam highlights the dangers of proceeding with IT projects without fully agreeing key terms and recording them in a binding agreement. He believes that, when considering IT contracts, lessons can be learned from the construction industry….
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Graham Smith is inspired by a recent CJEU judgment to reflect on requirements of form and the history of contract formalities…
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John O’Connor reports on a recent successful meeting…
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If you have that Monday morning whenever you think about data protection reform, not just on Mondays, Andrew Cormack suggests ways to cope. A focus on current enforcement practice and the data protection principles is one option; quiet despair seems to be another….