Call for Predictions – 2017 and beyond
I am again looking for contributions for our predictions slot. 2016 has proved that predicting is a mug’s game but you may enjoy playing despite that…
Publishing & social media
Thoughts on the Tech Law Futures Conference
Here are some brief reflections on a very positive experience…
Facebook and Admiral: A Real Cause for Concern
I am confused by the outrage over Admiral’s plan to use analysis of Facebook posts to determine car insurance premiums. I am not convinced it is properly directed….
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Cases Catch-up
This is a selection of cases that have been covered on the SCL website but have not been dealt with elsewhere in this issue or previous issues. Fuller coverage and links to full judgments are available on the SCL website as are reports of a handful of other 2016 cases which we have not found space to cover in print…
Review Compilation
Laurence Eastham offers reviews of publications that may be of interest to SCL members…
Protecting Privacy Online: GDPR and e-Privacy Directive Revisited
Agnieszka Jablonowska considers the role of data in the digital economy, focusing on the input from the BEUC, the EDPS and the Article 29 Working Party on the review of the e-Privacy Directive…
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Algorithms, Social Media and Mental Health
Heike Felzmann and Rónán Kennedy address many of the issues surrounding the use of algorithms to assess mental health from public social media contributions, including some legal and ethical concerns…
SCL Event Report: Foundations of IT Law – Risk, Cyber and Computer Misuse
Quentin Tannock reports on the latest event in the Foundations of IT Law series (Module 7 – Cycle 2), held on 14 September 2016 and hosted by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe (Europe) LLP….
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Book Review: Celebrity and Royal Privacy, the Media and the Law
Laurence Eastham reviews Professor Robin Callender Smith’s book, published by Sweet & Maxwell in December 2015 (ISBN: 9780414050877, £175, 563 pp)…
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GDPR and the ICO: Influenced or Independent?
Tim Turner looks at the strange shift in the ICO’s position on the GDPR which seems to raise important questions about the Information Commissioner’s independence….
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