Dervish Tayyip identifies the key problems for cloud computing from an IT lawyer’s perspective and suggests a number of attainable solutions. These are his personal views and not those of Microsoft for whom he is head of UK Legal….
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John Yates explains how to adapt and survive in the new, harsher environment facing public sector procurement…
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On 10 November, the High Court granted the application of TalkTalk and BT for a judicial review of the Digital Economy Act 2010. The Parliamentary Committee on Culture, Media and Sport launched a new inquiry into the ‘Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Online’ on the same day….
What a combination: the judicial review of aspects of the Digital Economy Act, the inquiry by the Parliamentary Committee on Culture, Media and Sport into Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Online and the grand government review of IP laws to ‘make them fit for the internet age’. All this must mean something….
Are we doomed to lose all our privacy rights if we use the Internet at all? What use are MPs if they ignore the basics? How serious are we about giving people options? Do we all need more cookies? How many questions can fit in a strap line?…
The Information Commissioner has announced the outcome of the Google Street View investigation…
Sick and tired of Halloween themed merchandise, horror films and laboured references to the undead? Tough. You’d better run. This spooky Halloween tale by Noa Bar Yosef is impervious to your indifference….
Roger Bickerstaff provides some insights into forthcoming developments in Computers & Law and the SCL more generally…
Gillian Cordall looks at the basics of contract formation and points up their relevance to the real world IT or e-commerce transaction….
In a companion piece to Gillian Cordall’s article on contract formation, Alison Marshall points out some material differences that apply in Scotland. This article is not intended as a full account of the law on contract formation in Scotland….