The Article 29 Working Party have agreed and published new guidance on consent to cookies. Catch up on its other latest activities too….
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Silly Terms and Conditions
An article in the FT has caused a bit of a stir and I wonder what SCL members think…
E-disclosure: New Guide, Protocol and Explanatory Seminar
TeCSA have produced a Guide and a draft Protocol on e-disclosure, with substantial contributions from SCL and TECBAR. It is hosting a seminar on 1 November to introduce it and give practical guidance on e-disclosure for lawyers grappling with it….
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ICO Monetary Penalty Overturned for the First Time – Where Next for MPNs?
Martin Sloan covers the first successful challenge to a monetary penalty notice and considers its implications…
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Run Down by a Hype Cycle
I am rather late to Gartner’s hype cycle for 2013 but it is all a bit frightening for those pedestrians among us who are struggling to keep up. I have some sympathetic suggestions for IT lawyers….
Data Confidentiality: Policy Proportionality
Yoann Le Bihan thinks that ‘zero risk’ is not attainable and offers some common-sense suggestions for assessing the level of security you need…
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ECHR Judgment on News Portal Liability for Comments
The European Court of Human Rights has held that an Estonian court’s ruling that making an Internet news portal liable for the offensive online comments of its readers was justified…
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Augmented Reality Too
Joanne Frears continues her series of articles on aspects of augmented reality, based on her experiences of advising some of the most cutting-edge of AR providers…
Data Protection: Prosecution for Failure to Register
A pay-day loans company and its director have been prosecuted for failing to register with the ICO…
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E-disclosure and Sanctions
Gordon Exall looks at a recent judgment dealing with compliance with an unless order in the context of e-disclosure…