Celebrating 40 years of SCL at the House of Commons
Helen Hart reports on the SCL 40th Anniversary Dinner…
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Technology, Society & Justice
Software Asset Management
Mark Flynn looks at how a law firm used software asset management as a tool in optimising licence use and protecting against the reputational damage that might flow from breach of licence terms…
Data Protection Monetary Penalties: Absolutely Criminal?
In the space of little more than eight weeks, the Information Rights Tribunal has recently quashed two ‘Civil Monetary Penalties’ totalling £550,000. Paul Motion and Laura Irvine consider the decisions and argue that such Monetary Penalties are properly categorised as criminal, with significant consequences for both the Information Commissioner and a data controller under investigation for a data protection breach. See also the authors’ article ‘Cake or Death?’…
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Augmented Reality Too
Joanne Frears continues her series of articles on aspects of augmented reality, based on her experiences of advising some of the most cutting-edge of AR providers…
The ICO Home Page: News or Spin?
Richard Morgan wonders whether the much-valued ICO web site has got its priorities right recently…
Rocket Back to the Future
I have been wondering whether recently doing the time-warp has led me into another era….
Exclusions of Consequential Loss: an Australian Perspective
Michael Bywell and Scott Cummins analyse recent case law on this vexed topic from a different perspective, and suggest a way forward…
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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….
Google Glass and Data Protection Issues
An informal combination of data protection authorities have approached Google, expressing concern about the data protection implications of Google Glass…
A Brave New World Demands Brave New Thinking
Phil Lee considers the impact that Google Glass and other ‘smart glasses’ may have on privacy issues and calls for new thinking…
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