Predictions 2018 – 1
Simon Deane-Johns was first to contribute, appropriate enough as he is Chair of the Editorial Advisory Board for SCL, and he leads out our predictions blog posts for this year…
Society & Justice
Age Verification Dangers
Following on from a widely welcomed presentation at SCL’s Sextech, Porn and the Law event in October, Pandora Blake offers a fuller analysis of the dangers and difficulties that come with the introduction of age verification in accordance with the Digital Economy Act 2017…
GDPR and HR: Who is Your Lead Supervisory Authority?
Razia Begum and Rachel Ashwood examine how the lead supervisory authority is determined for multi-national organisations that process HR data….
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Artificial Intelligence: The Real Legal Issues
Based on his presentation at the SCL Conference in June, John C. Buyers takes us on a tour of the AI issues for tech lawyers and points out the hotspots…
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Fake News: Striking a Balance between Regulation and Responsibility
Ashley Hurst sets out an approach to fake news that shifts the focus away from some of the more strident ‘calls for action’…
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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…
Google Fined by EU Commission
The EU Commission has fined Google €2.42 billion for abusing its dominance as a search engine by giving an illegal advantage to its own comparison shopping service…
Autonomous Vehicles: An Ethical and Legal Approach
This is the essay from Lottie Michael which won the SCL Essay Prize for 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…
RegTech: When Regulation Meets Technology
What is RegTech? Lorraine Chimbga and Ryan Barnes give the answers and explain why it is having an impact on the financial industry and how it might have an impact on lawyers too….