PSD2 Evolved
Simon Deane-Johns updates his review of the revised proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on payment services in the internal market in light of a supposedly final text….
Telecoms & the Internet
Many Smart Cities, One Smart Nation – Singapore’s Smart Nation Vision
As in so many areas, Singapore is leading the way in aspects of Smart Cities development, Melissa Low explains the history and looks forward at the issues that will arise in Singapore’s future development…
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The Last Mile: The Smart City Meets Social Innovation
In another in our series of articles on Smart Cities, Rob Procter describes a vision for the smart city – more open and more community focused than the norm…
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Smart Cities: The Built Environment as the Interface to Personal Data
In another in our series of articles focusing on Smart Cities, we are reminded that buildings are, rather obviously, a central ingredient of smart cities. Dr Holger Schnädelbach explains the less obvious: how data and technology are linked to the built environment…
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Smart Cities: Creative Compliance and the Rise of ‘Designers as Regulators’
In the second in our series of articles on Smart Cities, Lachlan Urquhart and Dr Ewa Luger address the disconnect between DP regulation and systems design. Their research in this area may have identified one route to ‘creative compliance’….
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Feedback and Futures
My thanks for feedback from members (keep it coming) and a look to the future, and the Futures and Annual Conferences…
War on Google: Vestager Strikes Back
Matt Bogdan reviews the background to the latest Google competition law moves and assesses the chances of successful Commission action…
Handling Government Data Requests under Processor BCR
Phil Lee guides you through the changes made to the Article 29 Working Party guidance on Processor Binding Corporate Rules and gives his tips on coping with government requests for access to data….
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Data Protection Developments: How to Cope
If you have that Monday morning whenever you think about data protection reform, not just on Mondays, Andrew Cormack suggests ways to cope. A focus on current enforcement practice and the data protection principles is one option; quiet despair seems to be another….
Digital Single Market Strategy: IT Law Highlights
Although the launch of the EU Commission’s Digital Single Market Strategy on 6 May will no doubt make it into the major news media even in this period of pre-election obsession, accurate reporting cannot be guaranteed. Highlighted below are some of the observations and views expressed by the Commission in their strategy document and the key proposals that affect IT lawyers….
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