I am again looking to post something on the SCL web site which reflects the predictions of leading experts in IT law and legal IT – this time for 2015. Each year the predictions feature as the most read item on the site. But this year my preparations have hit a snag. My carefully treasured…
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Alexander de Gaye reports on the seventh module in SCL’s Foundation of IT Law, an event held at Fieldfisher on Wednesday 5 November 2014…
A company director has been fined for illegally accessing a mobile phone company’s customer database…
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Simon Deane-Johns updates his review of the revised proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on payment services in the internal market. This version supersedes his article published online in mid-October and a further revision of that article; it takes account of a number of later revisions to the draft….
Rosemary Jay offers an expert’s perspective on the challenges facing the implementation of a ‘One Stop Shop’ under the General Data Protection Regulation…
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A High Court ruling includes some thoughts on processing by the National Crime Agency, human rights and the ‘crime exemption’ from non-disclosure duties…
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A consultation on proposals for lowering the threshold for enforcement action relating to nuisance calls and spam texts has been announced…
Pearse Ryan, Paddy Buckenham and Niall Donnelly give a full account of the proposals for the pending ‘Cybersecurity Directive’ and the latest developments affecting it, and wonder whether it is possible to legislate for cybersecurity….
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Data Protection: The Times They are a Changing, Slowly As I write this, the identity of the new EU Commissioners with responsibility for IT-related matters remains uncertain. But it is pretty clear that Anders Ansip will be the lead for the Digital Market and it has also been made abundantly clear that one priority for…
For many years the magazine reported on SCL events but these are now found only online. But we worry that many members are missing out on memorable and useful training opportunities. So here are two reports on events from September. Annie Clarke reports on the SCL Big Data Masterclass, Big Data & Digital: competition, consumer protection and other challengesand James Henderson reports on the sixth module in SCL’s Foundation of IT Law, Cloud Computing….