Queen’s Speech: Communications Data Bill
Some further details on the proposed legislation have become available, and we have initial comments…
Publishing & social media
How Card-based Merchant Acquiring Really Works
A review of the Payment Services Directive by the European Commission provides an opportunity for Simon Deane-Johns to clarify its scope by reference to how the major card schemes actually work….
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Microsoft and Facebook in Patents Deal
It has been announced that Microsoft and Facebook have reached an agreement on the sale of some of Microsoft’s recently acquired patens – those bought from AOL…
Internet Libel and Amazon’s Immunity
A recent Internet libel case highlights the extensive reach of ‘immunity’ for information services providers. Laurence Eastham attempts to pick out the more interesting aspects of a 99-paragraph judgment….
The 12 Cs of Cloud Computing: A Culinary Confection
Kuan Hon summarises some fundamentally important elements of cloud computing and clarifies with culinary comparators. Don’t read this article when you are hungry!…
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Roofers, Hamlet and T&Cs
Are big companies playing fair when they ask us to sign up to immensely complicated T&Cs online?…
New Article 29 Working Party Opinions Published
The Article 29 Working Party has adopted Opinions on the data protection reform proposals and on facial recognition….
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Twitter Libel: Cricket Match-fixing Judgment
The judgment in the match-fixing libel case involving New Zealand cricketer Chris Cairns focuses on a libel originating on Twitter but has little meat for IT lawyers….
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EU Commission Proposes to Establish a European Cybercrime Centre
On 28 March, the EU Commission proposed that a European Cybercrime Centre be established within Europol to become the Union’s focal point in the fight against cybercrime…
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Too Many Cooks?
Are there too many bodies interfering in Internet regulation?…