The Information Commissioner has published his letter to the Secretary of State for Justice expressing his concern about the ICO’s ability to cope with the duties that would fall upon it if the data protection reform package proceeds in its current form…
Mark Kenrick and David Robinson look at recent cases, especially CLS v Alice, and ask if the USA is ready to follow Europe on software patentability…
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Phil Lee considers the impact that Google Glass and other ‘smart glasses’ may have on privacy issues and calls for new thinking…
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Ian Wimbush asks how the trend towards BYOD is affecting law firms…
Catherine Easton gives an overview of some of the legal and ethical issues relating to the use of robotics in healthcare…
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The Department for Business, Information & Skills are leading a government call for evidence in response the draft EU Directive on network and information security…
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The EU data protection authorities are keen to see clear limits established on profiling and have published an advice paper on the topic…
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Will Sally Bercow’s costly defeat be enough to make people think twice about mindless tweeting? Would the court’s judgment have been different if the Defamation Act 2013 had applied? Will the allegations really be forgotten?…
A former manager of a health service based at a council-run leisure centre in Southampton has been prosecuted by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for unlawfully obtaining sensitive medical information relating to over 2,000 people. Paul Hedges took the information hoping to use the data for a new fitness company he was setting up. He…
Even someone with a long-standing interest in 3D printing has to be surprised by its sudden ascent to the mainstream. Simon Bradshaw puts surprise to one side, reviews the latest legal reaction and trends which affect or will come to affect 3D printing and essays some predictions….