Google, Googlies and Goolies
Is Google getting off lightly in its likely settlement with the EU Commission on search?…
Technology, Society & Justice
Editorial
This is a strong issue. In normal circumstances, I would be pleased with the fact that we have so many excellent reviews of recent IT law cases, two outstanding pieces on big data and related issues and provocative pieces on the very intriguing issues that arise from bots and drones. It is so strong that…
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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Podcast: SCL 40th Anniversary Lecture: “Big and Open – The New Data Frontiers” given by Professor Nigel Shadbolt on Thursday 21 March 2013
A recording of SCL’s 40th anniversary lecture…
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….
Data Protection: Facebook and the Right Kind of Establishment
Julia Hörnle looks at a German case concerning the application of EU data protection law to foreign service providers and similar questions arising elsewhere in the EU, all of which raise issues about what amounts to the right kind of establishment…
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The Aerial Gaze: Regulating Domestic Drones in the UK
Lachlan Urquhart considers the various issues raised by drones…
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Data Protection Reform: Latest from the Article 29 Working Party
Following the latest meeting of the EU data protection regulators, the Article 29 Working Party released their latest statement on current discussions regarding the data protection reform package…
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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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