Scott Allardyce considers the effects of digital licences on consumer rights, in a world where simple ownership is of fading importance…
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Joel Harrison reflects on the Article 29 Working Party’s endorsement of Microsoft’s agreement for cloud services, which he sees a very significant development for the cloud computing industry. This is partly because Microsoft is such a major vendor and its terms are of interest to so many, but also because the DPAs have always been very reticent about commenting on individual vendors’ terms and this may signal an important shift in approach…
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The Court of Justice of the European Union has declared the Data Retention Directive to be invalid because of its serious interference with the fundamental rights to respect for private life and to the protection of personal data…
The Law Society has published a practice note on the use of cloud computing services in law firms….
The CJEU has ruled that, by prematurely bringing to an end the term served by its Data Protection Supervisor, Hungary has infringed EU law…
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Stunning new technology is now available on the SCL web site…
The Article 29 Working Party has published a new Working document (01/2014) offering new clauses for the transfer of data to a processor outside the EU….
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Nominet has announced policy changes that it describes as formalising its approach to tackling criminal activity on .uk domains but which also deals with domain names associated with sexual offences…
The Court of Justice of the European Union has endorsed the use of blocking orders where courts require an ISP to restrict access to a copyright-infringing web site…
Sarah Pearce, Jonny McDonald and Katy Whitfield take a close look at the interface between apps and privacy, wondering whether it is time for privacy regulation to really bite….
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