GDPR: Data Protection Impact Assessments
Olivia Whitcroft takes a careful look at DPIAs in light of the further guidance on the GDPR that has been issued since its finalisation…
Publishing & social media
Jurisdiction: Advocate General Proposes Extension of Jurisdiction for Internet Defamation Claims
Advocate General Bobek considers that a company alleging that its personality rights have been infringed by the publication of information on the internet can take legal action in the Member State where it has its centre of interests for the entirety of the harm claimed…
Privacy, Data Protection and Copyright in Mc Fadden
This essay from Daniel Zwi was one of two highly commended entries for the SCL Essay Prize 2017…
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The SCL Annual Conference 2017: A Sketch
David Chaplin, the SCL’s Development Editor, offers some brief observations on last week’s outstanding Annual Conference…
Time to Speak up for Article 15
Graham Smith is one of the speakers at the SCL Conference in the session covering new trends in data interception, use and retention. While this piece from Graham does not reflect his input in that focused session, it is an important contribution to the much-needed debate on Internet freedoms….
Book Review: Collisions in the Digital Paradigm
Laurence Eastham reviews a new book from David J Harvey, Collisions in the Digital Paradigm: Law and Rule Making in the Internet Age (Hart Publishing; 401 pp: ISBN 978-1-50990-652-9)…
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Book Review: Queer Privacy
Neil Brown reviews Sarah Jamie Lewis’s edited book ‘Queer Privacy’, and reflects on what lawyers and privacy advisors can do differently in light of its message….
Age Verification and Online Pornography under the DEA 2017: whose fine is it anyway?
Neil Brown takes a detailed look at the scope of the Digital Economy Act 2017’s age verification obligations, and the various actors upon which they fall….
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Facebook Fined by EU Commission
The EU Commission has fined Facebook €110 million for providing misleading information about its WhatsApp takeover…
Cloud Transformation: How to Steer Clear of the Storms
Kit Burden applies his unrivalled expertise and experience to an analysis of developments in cloud computing contracts, identifying the key emerging challenges…
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