Case Reports Round-up
Laurence Eastham reports on some judgments published in September arising from a few leading cases from the Court of Justice and European Court of Human Rights that may have an impact on IT law practice…
Privacy & Data Protection
Revenge Porn, RtbF and Ronseal
The names we give things matter and new government legislation does not do what it says on the tin….
PSD2 Redux
Simon Deane-Johns reviews the revised proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on payment services in the internal market…
The EU’s Traditional Analysis of the Facebook, WhatsApp Deal – Do We Like it?
Susannah Sheppard outlines the recent decision to approve the WhatsApp acquisition and wonders if the Commission’s traditional approach will be adequate in a data rich world where companies compete in new ways and data competition really matters…
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Revenge Porn Legislation
Proposals to create the new offence of ‘disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress’ have now been published…
Who Wants to be Forgotten?
It may feel like a decade since we had that RtbF judgment in ‘Google Spain’ but it has been just six months. It has been all too easy to be distracted by the wide-ranging and sometimes overy philosohical debates on the topic. Andres Guadamuz takes a very welcome look at the judgment’s application in practice. It is essential reading for anyone contemplating attending the London session of the Google Advisory Council….
The Microsoft Warrant Case: Not Just an Irish Issue
John O’Connor outlines the latest position in the ‘Microsoft Warrant case’ where the Cloud provider was ordered by a US Federal Court to produce its customer’s private e-mail content even though it was stored exclusively outside the USA…
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An Evening with Tim Berners-Lee and our President
Reflecting on an evening that raised some profound questions about the future of the Web….
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Internet of Things: Article 29 Working Party Opinion
The Article 29 Working Party has published an official Opinion on the data protection aspects of the Internet of Things…
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Pro Bono Privacy Guidance for Megacorp
The Article 29 Working Party has spotted a neglected area that pro bono services have not reached: the mega-rich US corporation…