Google Fine for Android Dominance Actions
The EU Commission has fined Google €4.34 billion ‘for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google’s search engine’…
Telecoms & the Internet
Time to get Technical? Revolutionizing the (Deplorable?) System of Internet Governance
This entry to the SCL Student Essay Prize earned Viraj Ananth the runner-up spot. It is a challenging and original take on the set question, which concerned the relative importance of law and ISP action in enforcement on the Internet….
SCL Student Essay Prize Winning Entry: Is Law or ISP Action Key to Internet Enforcement?
This is the essay which won the SCL Student Essay Prize for 2018 for Alvin Cheung on the set topic ‘Are state legislation and case law, or Internet Service Provider action, more important to the enforcement of rules on Internet users? Discuss with respect to key internet platforms’ Terms of Service and privacy policies.’…
News Archives and the Right to be Forgotten
According to the European Court of Human Rights, on the particular facts, the public’s right to access archived material online took precedence over the right of convicted persons to be forgotten…
Data Protection Damages: Court of Appeal Judgment in TLU v Home Office
Lorna Skinner analyses the Court of Appeal decision in TLU v Home Office, which concerned misuse of private information and data protection and provided a further explanation of Durant…
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Is the Use of Self Deleting Apps Legally Defensible?
Karyn Harty asks an interesting question and suggests an approach that will lead to a sensible answer…
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Cases Update June/July 2018
These are brief reports of a number of cases dealt with on the SCL site over the last two months. In many cases, more detailed reports are available online, where links to full judgments are also available….
Revision of Audiovisual Media Services Directive – Video-sharing Platforms
Professor Lorna Woods brings us up to date on the developments concerning the AVMS Directive…
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Smart contracts: can code ever be law?
Hoi Tak Leung, our Associate Editor for Hong Kong and China, takes a fresh look at smart contracts and when or whether they are enforceable….
GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018: How do they impact publishers?
In the second in our series of articles on the impact of data protection in specific areas, Nicola Cain and Rupert Cowper-Coles look at publishing….
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