The online games industry has been given two months ‘to get house in order’ following a recent OFT investigation…
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Google Brought Down to Earth: Landmark Privacy Development
Philip James reflects on the recent High Court judgment that allowed a claim against Google Inc to be brought in proceedings in England and Wales, which (especially in the context of other actions impacting on Google and its ilk) may have much wider implications for privacy and data protection….
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Un-Safe Harbor: Is Safe Harbor an adequate means of protecting EU personal data transferred to the USA?
Kirsten Whitfield and Uchechi Okereke examine the health of the US Safe Harbor…
Virgin and the Red-hot POCA
A Court of Appeal judgment gives new impetus to moves to make draconian laws hit IP fraudsters hard…
Sentences in Data Protection Conspiracy Case
Private investigators have been sentenced for unlawfully obtaining personal data…
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ICO Consults on DP Guidance for the Media
The Information Commissioner’s Office has begun its public consultation on new guidance on data protection and the media….
ECJ Judgment on Circumvention of Games Console Protection
According to a Curia press release, the ECJ has ruled that circumventing a protection system of a games console may, in certain circumstances, be lawful and that the manufacturer of the console is protected against circumvention only in the case where the protection measures seek to prevent illegal use of games…
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Injunctions, Limitation of Damages and True Loss
Richard Osborne considers the issues that arose in a fascinating recent High Court case, where one party sought an interim injunction to stop the other from terminating a contract…
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SCL Event Report: Foundations of IT Law – Module 2: Internet Law
Paul McMahon reports on the second module in the SCL’s ground-breaking Foundations of IT Law Programme, an event which took place at Bird & Bird on 16 January 2014….
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Digital Currency: A Primer
Richard Folsom and Mike Cashman take a practical lawyer’s view of digital currencies and the way in which Bitcoin and its like might impact on mainstream legal and commercial life….