Richard Osborne reports on the Court of Appeal judgment in AB v CD, concerning a point of principle about the proper approach to the grant of an interim injunction. It is a case of clear importance for IT lawyers….
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Questions arising from the SCL Annual IT Contracts Update Seminar held on 11 February 2014. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC16 – CPD: 2 hours…
A new initiative on digital democracy is looking at law-making…
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Two new official opinions were adopted by the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party on 16 December and are now published: one on ‘applicable law’ following Google Spain and one on automatic exchange of personal data for tax purposes…
After a hacker threatened to publish thousands of names of people who sought advice on abortion, pregnancy and contraception, the Information Commissioner’s Office has imposed a monetary penalty of £200,000 on the BPAS…
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A recent ruling in a High Court dispute has clarified the rules on signature of documents in the creation of online loan agreements…
Questions arising from the February/March 2014 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC14 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
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Questions arising from the SCL Data Protection Update Seminar held on 28 January 2014. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC15 – CPD: 2 hours…
Tough Questions When writing introductions to articles for this issue, I found that I had to ration my use of the phrase ‘asks tough questions’. Two articles touching on data protection are prime examples. Lillian Pang and Peter Lee made me wonder whether the immense effort that is made to protect data properly reflects the…
You have to feel sorry for GCHQ. They have been infected with a disease. Perhaps our supposed commitment to austerity can offer a cure….
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