iOS 8: Too Much Privacy?
I fear that Apple’s latest privacy policy may cause many problems…
Privacy & Data Protection
Article 29 Working Party on Google Spain: Latest
The long-awaited guidance from the Article 29 Working Party on how the Google Spain judgment might best be implemented is still awaited. The most recent meeting has agreed only some mechanisms for producing such guidance….
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SCL Event Report: Foundations of IT Law Programme – Module 6: Cloud Computing
James Henderson reports on the sixth module in SCL’s Foundation of IT Law, which took place on 10 September 2014…
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Driving us from Distraction
David Flint ponders on, and worries about, the Internet of Things and self-driving cars…
Copyright: Digitising of Books
In a new judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that a Member State may authorise libraries to digitise, without the consent of the rightholders, books they hold in their collection so as to make them available at electronic reading points. Subject to specified conditions, especially the payment of fair compensation to rightholders, such an authorisation may permit users to print out on paper or store on a USB stick the books digitised by the library….
Privacy and Apps Survey
A global survey has found that 85% of mobile apps fail to provide basic privacy information…
Data Protection Warning after Job Leaver’s Conviction
The Information Commissioner’s Office is highlighting the conviction of a paralegal who left his job, taking files with personal information, and warns that this amounts to an offence…
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Legal and Procedural Aspects of ODR in a Justice System
Darin Thompson continues his series of articles on online dispute resolution. In this second article in his series, he looks both at some conceptual matters affecting the foundation of the approach to ODR solutions and at some highly practical issues that flow from his preferred approach….
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Article 29 Working Party Statement on Data Retention Judgment
A newly published document on the Article 29 Working Party web site is entitled title: ‘Statement on the ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union which invalidates the Data Retention Directive’….
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Data Protection Guidance for the Media
The ICO has published Data Protection: a guide for the media…