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Court Criticises Low Data Protection Penalty

September 1, 2009

The leaker of the BNP party list received only a low fine. The sentencer expressed some surprise at the limits on his powers….

CPD Online: August / September 2009 Edition of Computers & Law Magazine

August 26, 2009

Questions arising from the August / September issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL30 – 1 hour 30 minutes…

Editorial

August 26, 2009

Money-saving If the printers don’t work to rule, you should just have time when getting this issue to take advantage of the SCL Conference early-bird offer. This year’s Conference at Bath is only £495 if you book by 11 September. I appreciate that price is hardly the major factor when choosing whether or not to…

CPD Online: Information Governance Conference 2009 – Morning Session

August 25, 2009

Questions arising from the moring session of the podcast from the SCL Information Governance Conference 2009, Managing identity in a digital world, held on 12 May 2009. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL31 – 2 hours…

CPD Online: Information Governance Conference 2009 – Afternoon Session

August 25, 2009

Privacy Protection: Discussion Document on the Business Case

August 25, 2009

Watson Hall Ltd and John Leach Information Security Ltd, working on a project for the ICO, have published a discussion document which is intended to help them create the business case for privacy by design. They seek input on that document….

New Proposals on Illegal File-sharing Published

August 24, 2009

New proposals ‘to allow for swifter and more flexible measures to tackle unlawful peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing’ were published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on 25 August….

Speeding Up the Snail

August 24, 2009

I see that Lord Mandelson has been reading this blog. But will the latest announcement from the BIS about speedier steps to take action on file-sharing actually involve perceptible movement?…

OFT Consultation: Internet and Consumers

August 23, 2009

The OFT is consulting on the scope of a projected market study that it proposes should include a particular focus on pricing and advertising practices on the Internet. A look at the detail shows that it may have a massive importance for e-commerce….