Advocate General gives opinion that car rental companies do not communicate works to public Advocate General Szpunar has given an opinion in the case of C-753/18 Stim and Sami. The AG considered that car rental companies are not “users” that communicate works to the public under Article 3(1) of the InfoDoc Directive 2001/29/EC and Article…
The code allows for a 12 month transition period once in force and should be considered at the design stage by all providers of online services….
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Online Harms Reduction Regulator (Report) Bill receives first reading in House of Lords The Online Harms Reduction Regulator (Report) Bill received its first reading in the House of Lords on 14 January. It assigns certain functions to Ofcom in relation to online harms regulation. In particular, Ofcom would prepare and publish a report containing recommendations…
The team at Lewis Silkin round off our series of Predictions for the year with a set of 20 predictions for 2020 touching on folding phones, 5G, AI in sports, 3D bio-printing and more….
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Kate McKenna presents some key take-aways from the recent SCL Ireland event that took place on 28 November 2019….
Bertilla Chow introduces the SCL’s new Trainees group and sets out what they seek to achieve next year…
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Neil Brown, of decoded:legal, looks at what’s ahead for ISPs and telcos in 2020 touching on online harms, blocking pornography and surveillance regulation….
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In the last of our current run of “Back to Basics” articles, adapted from the Cybersecurity for Lawyers wiki he has recently started, Neil Brown explains how to secure your email communication secure….
Advocate General questions validity of privacy shield but advises Court not to rule on it….
The new session of parliament was opened on 19 December with a number of pieces of legislation mentioned in the Queen’s Speech which may be of interest to technology lawyers. Most were originally covered in the October Queen’s Speech but have been carried over to the new parliament. Online harms legislation The April 2019 Online…
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