Freedom of Information, in 140 characters or less
The unstoppable march of Twitter continues. Users can now make FOI requests….
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Publishing & social media
Mobile Payments and the New E-money Directive
Parking fees, bus fares gig tickets and intrusive ring tones – mobile payments are infiltrating all aspects of everyday life. Ben Regnard-Weinrabe, Mark Taylor and Rachel Shepherd look at the law on mobile payments in light of the new e-money Directive….
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Back to Basics: Interpreting and Drafting Technology Contracts
Inspired by Humpty Dumpty and philosopher John Locke, John Yates explains how to interpret and draft technology contracts by applying the lessons from case law….
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Not Too Rude to be Ruled
Playboy’s claim that videos on its web site were too explicit for ATVOD regulation has failed. This is an edited version of an article which first appeared on OUTLAW.COM, the news service from Pinsent Masons….
SCL 6th Annual Policy Forum 2011: The New Shape of European Internet Regulation
Now firmly established as a leading event on the calendar for both IT law academics and IT law practitioners, the SCL Forum 2011 will grapple with Internet law reform. While a combination of blue-sky thinking and grounded, practical views sounds like a recipe for disaster, experience shows that it leads to a very special event….
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Privacy – An Evolving Challenge
Andrew Priest gives his thoughts on a talk by Stephen Deadman of the Vodafone Group at a meeting of the Thames Valley Group on 8 June….
SCL Conference 2011: Risk-free Risk and IT
The next SCL Conference, to be held on 14 and 15 October in Bath, focuses on risk and technology, but you are not at risk on one score: the Conference always offers guaranteed value….
KM Group Seminar: Hitting the Target
Ruth Ward, Head of Central KM at Allen & Overy LLP, reports on the first of this year’s SCL KM Group seminars, held in London on 18th May 2011: Hitting the target? How law firms, publishers and in-house teams can use technology to ensure know-how publications and alerts reach their target client audience…
CCTV and Privacy
The ICO has forced a CCTV web site Internet Eyes to make changes following privacy concerns…
Retrospective…..
Richard Harrison takes a sentimental journey…….