The Court of Appeal has dismissed the SAS appeal against the ruling of Arnold J in the High Court. But the comments on the High Court judgment and the reasoning behind it are of real interest….
Nominet and .uk
On 20 November, Nominet announced updates on a range of new initiatives and projects….
Private Investigators Convicted of Unlawfully Obtaining Personal Information
Two men who ran a company that tricked organisations into revealing personal details about customers were found guilty of breaching the Data Protection Act on 20 November….
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Nominet Consultations and Mince Pies
Nominet is going ahead with its plans for shorter domain names, although a consultation appears to have produced a two-thirds majority against. I am sure that they wanted it realIy….
Information Governance Survey
A report following a new survey suggests that inadequate information governance practices are putting UK companies at risk…
SCL Meeting Report: ‘Online Advertising Masterclass: Display, Data, Search and Social’.
On 6 November 2013, Bristows LLP hosted the latest session organised by the SCL Media Group which proved extremely popular. The session covered various aspects of online advertising and was chaired by Paul Jordan, head of the advertising team at Bristows. Sacha Wilson, an associate at Bristows, reports on the session….
SRA Guidance on the Cloud
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has issued guidance to law firms on the use of cloud computing…
Google go down in Paris: How did it come to this?
Dominic Crossley gives his view of the recent judgment of the Tribunal de Grande Instance on a claim brought by Max Mosley against Google, relating to certain images available on a Google Images search…
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Monkeys, Dartboards and Predictions
Reviewing the predictions published on the SCL web site over the last few years suggests that nearly all of the next lot of predictions will be wrong. But don’t let that stop you from trying to get it right….
EDPS Comments on Proposal for Tax Co-operation
The European Data Protection Supervisor has published comments on the proposal for a Council Directive amending the Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation. He expresses clear concern about the data protection implications….
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