Repeated security failings lead to £180,000 monetary penalty for Ministry of Justice…
Res Robotica! Liability and Driverless Vehicles
In the case of driverless vehicles, and perhaps more generally in robot law, Peter Lee and Sabrina Richards suggest that the robot laws for the 21st Century might best be inspired by the Romans…
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Editorial
SCL Technology Law Futures Forum This issue features six articles which arise from the very successful Technology Law Futures Forum which took place in late June. I am grateful to the speakers who have taken the time to turn their presentations, or aspects of their presentations, into articles for the magazine. I am still hoping…
CPD Online: August/September 2014 Edition of Computers & Law Magazine
Questions arising from the August/September 2014 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC22 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
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Google Glass Review
Kuan Hon writes about her impressions of Google Glass after a session with a demo unit…
August Trivia: The Game of Thrones Law Quiz
As T S Eliot almost said, ‘August is the cruellest month’ – everybody else is on holiday, or maybe you are just back from holiday and wondering why you bothered to return. Adam Whitfield-Jones and Joanne Frears have put together a diversion that might help lawyers who really don’t want to be lawyering at the moment….
Digital Services and VAT: One-Stop Shop
January 2015 sees important changes to EU VAT rules affecting businesses supplying digital services. Andrew Webb explains what this means, and what’s being done to minimise its impact on businesses….
Data Breaches and Lawyers
The Information Commissioner ‘sounds the alarm’ on data breaches within the legal profession…
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing – A Brief Introduction
Andelka M. Phillips provides a summary of her presentation at the SCL Technology Law Futures Forum. It is intended to provide a very brief introduction to the direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC) industry and the issues it raises for the law. (Please note that this is part of research that is ongoing)….
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Quantified Self and the Privacy Challenge in Wearables
Hamed Haddadi, Akram Alomainy and Ian Brown explain what the ‘quantified self’ is and identify some of the privacy risks that arise. This is one of our series of articles arising from the SCL Technology Law Futures Forum, which is still available as a podcast, at which Akram spoke….
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