At the time of the consultation of the new regime for data protection fees, the maximum fee was floated as £1000. The draft fees regulations suggest a maximum fee of £2900. Laurence Eastham bemoans his ignorance of the process that led to a leap that would leave Jonathan Edwards in awe…
Our international editor for New Zealand, David J Harvey, reviews changes in the use of court technology in New Zealand…
Edward Naughton and Mark Lubbock summarize the issues arising and background to United States v Microsoft Corporation, which is currently being heard before the US Supreme Court….
The European Commission has published its recommendation on operational measures to tackle illegal content online…
A Court of Appeal judgment has clarified the distinction between publication and republication in the context of postings on Facebook…
Mark Owen believes that the use of virtual, augmented and mixed reality in games gives rise to unresolved IP issues, that finding a way to protect investment is becoming increasingly urgent and changes to IP laws are needed to keep up with the fast-developing technology in this space….
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Gwynneth Tan and Michael Briggs consider decisions of the European Court of Human Rights, which recently held that covert CCTV infringed a worker’s right to a private life. A previous decision of the same court permitted use of covert CCTV. They ask where employers stand…
Questions arising from the February/March 2018 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC62 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
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Laurence Eastham reviews this issue and some of the matters that we will be covering in the future…
A committee of MPs is to investigate cryptocurrencies and the like…