ICO’s Privacy Impact Assessments Code Published
The Information Commissioner’s Office has now published its updated PIA Code…
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Privacy & Data Protection
Indemnity and Limitation of Liability Provisions in Software Product Licensing Contracts
Using his experience compiled over a series of transactions, Raghunath Ananthapur brings these two common contractual provisions into close focus and offers his insights into the ‘market standard’ and the approaches that work best….
EDPS on Safe Harbor and the Snowden Fall-out
The European Data Protection Supervisor has offered his views on the recent concerns over Safe Harbor. He believes that enforcing EU data protection law is essential for rebuilding trust between the EU and the USA…
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Data Protection Reform: EDPS Letter Calls for Resolution
In what seems like a last-ditch attempt to get EU ministers to focus on resolving the remaining major issues on data protection reform, the European Data Protection Supervisor has written to the President of the EU Commission expressing his views on the critical issues…
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Lush v Amazon: High Court Judgment on Trade Mark Infringement Online
The latest High Court judgment on protected search terms has resulted in a triumph for the specialist cosmetics company, Lush…
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SCL Event Report: Data Protection Update Seminar
Claire Davies, Hannah Crowther and Emma Charlton report on the Data Protection Update Seminar held at Bristows LLP on 28 January…
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The Price of Convenience
Lillian Pang and Peter Lee ask some difficult questions about data protection and privacy regulation, the effects of the ‘hoovering-up’ of data by all manner of applications and the extent of the real demand for privacy in the use of technology…
What’s in a Name? – Court of Appeal Judgment in Edem
Anya Proops reports on the judgment given on 7 February in the data protection case of Edem v The Information Commissioner and the Financial Services Authority…
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Google and Search: Dominant Position Abuse Settlement Looms
The EU Commission has reported that it has obtained commitments from Google about the ‘comparable display of specialised search rivals’ services…
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Nominet and Inappropriate Terms in Domain Names
Jane Seager explains a new policy development arising from concerns about the use of offensive terms, including those describing serious sexual offences, in domain names registered by Nominet…
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