Binding Corporate Rules: New Guidance
European data protection authorities have adopted a new working document on Binding Corporate Rules for Processors…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Another NHS Trust Hit with Monetary Penalty
A Belfast Trust has been fined £225,000 after leaving thousands of patient records in disused hospital premises…
Draft Communications Bill Published
The highly controversial plans for the Bill to ‘Make provision for ensuring or otherwise facilitating the availability of communications data and as to its obtaining by public authorities; and for connected purposes’ has now been published….
Online Contract Formation: Consideration and Fairness
A recent case has illustrated once again the dangers of seeking to impose unfair terms when allocating liability in contracts, especially where consumers are involved. Helen Hart explains how this case shows that aiming to give your business flexibility might mean that you do not have a contract at all….
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ICO and Google Street View: Updated
The Information Commissioner’s Office has written to Google asking questions about Street View and its data collection. Google has responded. The ICO is clearly unhappy with Google’s behaviour during the initial investigation period in light of the fuller picture that has now emerged and Google is surprised that the ICO wants to re-open the investigation….
Cookies: Latest Article 29 Working Party Opinion
The assembled wisdom of the European data protection authorities has produced an authoritative Opinion on the ‘cookie consent exemption’…
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The Inevitable Development of IT Hosting within the Legal Sector
In this article, which originally appeared as a white paper written for and on behalf of smartlegal.it, Bill Kirby expands on his view that law firms need to look hard at the advantage that they may gain by the use of hosted IT services – and that they need to look at that option now…
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Apps by UK Law Firms
Law firm Apps are still few and far between. Kim Tasso looks at the Apps that are out there at present and some of the factors to consider….
E-signatures: New EU Commission Proposal
In the latest move under the EU Commission’s ‘Digital Agenda’, a new regulation is proposed to enable cross-border electronic signatures and to get more value out of electronic identification in the ‘Digital Single Market’…
EU Commission Consultation on Online Illegal Content
The EU Commission has launched a public consultation on procedures for notifying and acting on illegal content hosted by online intermediaries…
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