According to the Information Commissioner’s Office, Big Data is ‘not a game played by different rules’…
US and European Convergence on Software and Business Method Patentability?
Mark Kenrick and Michael Williams consider two judgments of the US Supreme Court and ask whether the rules on software patentability that now apply in the USA are getting close to those that hold sway in Europe….
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A Series of Unlikely Events
One year on from the Scottish Borders Appeal, Paul Motion and Laura Irvine ask: has the ICO’s approach changed?…
Article 29 WP Reports on Meeting with Google et al: All Questions, No Answers
The Article 29 Working Party has released a statement following its meeting with Google and other search engines, held on 24 July, concerning the ‘right to be forgotten’…
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CPD Online: SCL Foundations of IT Law: Module 5
These are questions arising from the Podcast: SCL Foundations of IT Law Programme: Module 5 – Risk, cybercrime and computer misuse Course code HW/SFCL:OC21 – CPD: 2 hours….
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Latest Monetary Penalty for Hacking Breach
The ICO has served a monetary penalty notice on an online travel services company that exposed customer records to a malicious hacker…
Legislating on Revenge Porn: An International Perspective
Alex Cochrane looks at the latest suggestions that the UK will legislate on revenge porn and asks if anything can be learned from the different international approaches to date…
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When Hackers Strike, Who Pays the Bill?
Threats to internet security are constantly in the news, but organisations of all sizes will know that there is a real cost to be borne when systems are hacked. James Hyde and Neil Jackson consider a recent TCC judgment which had to consider who should bear the cost….
Ofcom Report on Internet Safety Measures
Ofcom has published its report on progress on measures designed to protect children from ‘harmful content’ when using the Internet…
SCL Event Report: Foundations of IT Law Programme – Module 5: Risk, Cyber-threat and Computer Misuse
Laura Bruin reports on the fifth module in SCL’s Foundation of IT Law, which took place on 2 July 2014…