Met Police’s use of gang member intelligence gathering database breaches DPA 1998

The ICO has issued an Enforcement Notice after concerns raised by Amnesty International

The Long Goodbye

Laurence Eastham looks back at almost 25 years working with SCL

The Withdrawal Agreement: What might it mean for data protection?

Christopher Knight, of 11KBW, provides an instant look at what the proposed Withdrawal Agreement may mean for data protection and privacy regulation. First published on the Panopticon blog.

Brexit: EU Communication covering Personal Data

The various EU bodies have issued a ‘Communication’, Preparing for the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 30 March 2019: a Contingency Action Plan, which inter alia covers personal data

Geo-blocking Enforcement

The UK Geo-Blocking (Enforcement) Regulations have now been published

ICO’s Computer Misuse Act Prosecution

A six-month prison sentence has been imposed on a motor industry employee following the first Computer Misuse Act prosecution by the ICO

Digital Services Tax: Formal Consultation

The consultation on the proposed tax has now opened

The SCL Sir Brian Neill Lecture

The Inaugural SCL Sir Brian Neill Lecture is to be given by Shannon Salter on ‘Can Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Humanize the Justice System?’

Support the Global Transformation to Online Courts

SCL Chair Mark O’Conor on the excitement engendered by the upcoming International Forum on Online Courts and how you can help with sponsorship

AVMS Directive Revisions

A new EU Directive amending the Audiovisual Media Services Directive has been agreed

Telecoms Code: Operators' Entitlement to Survey New Sites

Richard Willcox covers an important decision on the new Electronic Communications Code, which answers the hotly-contested issue of whether landowners can avoid the imposition of telecoms apparatus by preventing operators from undertaking initial suitability surveys.

ICO Report on its Investigation into the Use of Data Analytics in Political Campaigns

The ICO’s wide-ranging updating report to Parliament, including coverage of the data protection aspects of the actions of Cambridge Analytica, Aggregate IQ, Facebook and Leave.EU, has been published

Abusive and Offensive Online Communications: Law Reform Call

The Law Commission has published its Scoping Report assessing the state of the law concerning abusive and offensive online communications

Managing Data Breaches – Notification and Risk Management

In the last from our Tech Law Masterclass series, Nigel Miller provides a guide to the provisions of the GDPR that are most relevant when a data breach is believed to have occurred

Farewell

In his last editorial prior to retirement from SCL work on 16 November, Laurence Eastham reviews his last issue as Editor, offers his thanks and wishes all well

Digital Services Tax

The Chancellor’s announcement of a digital services tax has left many scratching their head as to how it is to work. HMRC has issued an explainer which covers some basic questions

SCL Privacy and DP Group event: "The Future of Technology and Privacy" - Tuesday 20 November 2018, London

SOLD OUT: SCL and NCSC event: "Incident Management at the National Cyber Security Centre" - Wednesday 21 November 2018, London

Please Note: This event has now SOLD OUT and no further bookings are being taken. Please email us to be added to the waiting list.

SCL IT Disputes Group event: Internet Blocking Injunctions after Cartier in the Supreme Court - Monday 26 November 2018, London

SCL Student Event - "How Technology is Changing Law and a Path to Tech Law" - Wednesday 28 November 2018, Bristol

First International Forum on Online Courts: “The cutting edge of digital reform” - Monday 3 and Tuesday 4 December 2018, London

The Inaugural SCL Sir Brian Neill Lecture: Can Online Dispute Resolution Humanize the Justice System? - by Shannon Salter - Monday 3 December 2018, London

SCL Irish Group event - "Security Matters: Cloud in financial services and reflecting on the NIS Directive " (Breakfast Meeting) - Wednesday 12 December 2018, Dublin

A meeting of the SCL Irish Group

*Rescheduled Date* SCL and FAST Event: The £54m question, “Indirect access to software products: Where are we now with software licensing after SAP v Diageo?” Debate and Discussion - Wednesday 9 January 2019, London

This event has been rescheduled and was originally due to take place on Tuesday 16 October 2018.

SCL Annual IT Contracts Update - Thursday 24 January 2019, Bristol

SCL Annual Data Protection Update 2019 - Thursday 31 January 2019, London

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SCL Annual IT Contracts Update - Monday 4 February 2019, London

SCL Annual IT Contracts Update - Thursday 7 February 2019, Leeds

Open for Entries: SCL Student Tech Law Challenge 2019 - Friday 22 February 2019, London

Rescheduled Date: SCL London Group meeting: "Innovation & Tech in the Rail Sector" - Wednesday 6 March 2019