SCL Event Report: Data Protection Update Seminar
Claire Davies, Hannah Crowther and Emma Charlton report on the Data Protection Update Seminar held at Bristows LLP on 28 January…
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Society & Justice
ENISA: Recommended Cryptographic Measures for Personal Data
ENISA, the European Union’s ‘cyber security’ Agency, has published a report recommending that all authorities should better promote cryptographic measure to safeguard personal data….
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Data Confidentiality: Policy Proportionality
Yoann Le Bihan thinks that ‘zero risk’ is not attainable and offers some common-sense suggestions for assessing the level of security you need…
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Augmented World
For years sci-fi writers have anticipated a world overtaken by technology, which augments the human experience of reality, whether for the good of the community or for more sinister corporate or security purposes. So what is ‘augmented reality’? Will it really change our lives and is it all that important for lawyers to know about it? In a short series of articles, Joanne Frears explores the subject based on her personal experiences helping some of the most cutting edge AR providers in the world….
Facebook: Not Just Between Friends
In the unlikely context of insolvency proceedings, the High Court in Northern Ireland has ruled on a claim to confidentiality in a posting on Facebook…
Google’s Search Commitments
Following the EU Commission’s initial moves to address concerns about Google’s dominant position in search, the Commission is seeking feedback on commitments offered by Google to address competition concerns…
Human Enhancement Technologies – Edging towards the Cyborg?
Dr Benjamin Farrand asks: can you be greater than the sum of your parts? He considers just some of the socio-legal problems with Human Enhancement Technologies…
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Bad Bots
If you count software bots as robots then robots are already being used to deceive and exploit people who mistake them for humans. Miranda Mowbray enlightens you….
Regulating Code: Towards a Prosumer Law
Chris Marsden and Ian Brown see a regulatory crisis and a prosumer law solution. They explain how regulatory solutions based on code, rather than fines or other traditional methods, can be the right solution in a prosumer world. Chris chaired the SCL Policy Forum 2012….
Web Accessibility: The Proposed EU Directive
Martin Sloan analyses the proposed new directive on web accessibility and tells you all you need to know about the developing accessibility requirements. And this is something you do really need to know about….
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