Speeding Fine
Session 2’s main area of interest?…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
SNS Privacy Practices: Canada, the EU and Beyond
Following the recent thorough review of Facebook’s privacy practices by the Canadian Privacy Commissioner and the Article 29 Working Party Opinion affecting social networking providers, the climate has changed. Philip James looks at both developments and considers their implications for privacy policies affecting social networking sites….
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Flash Cookies: A Regulatory Risk?
Web site operators around the world appear to be enjoying the benefits of Flash cookies in increasing numbers. However, Andrew Danson feels that using them without proper safeguards could be an invasion of users’ privacy and land imprudent operators in hot water with regulators….
Increase Lawyer Productivity by Cutting out the Waste
Laura Mooney outlines the advantages she sees in the adoption of BPM by law firms….
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A Host of Problems: Defamation Liability of Irish ISPs
Tess Crean examines the effect of major new Irish legislation on defamation and welcomes the clarification of the law that it offers….
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ECJ Ruling on Withdrawal from Distance Contracts
The European Court of Justice has confirmed that, subject to limited exceptions, a consumer who exercises his right of withdrawal from a distance contract must not be obliged to compensate the seller for the use of the goods…
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Breach and Tell: First Thoughts
A quick summary and some views on tonight’s Breach and Tell event….
Breach and Tell: Meeting Preview
On 7 September the SCL London Group is holding a meeting – Breach and Tell: new trends in data breach regulation….
Editorial
Money-saving If the printers don’t work to rule, you should just have time when getting this issue to take advantage of the SCL Conference early-bird offer. This year’s Conference at Bath is only £495 if you book by 11 September. I appreciate that price is hardly the major factor when choosing whether or not to…
Privacy Protection: Discussion Document on the Business Case
Watson Hall Ltd and John Leach Information Security Ltd, working on a project for the ICO, have published a discussion document which is intended to help them create the business case for privacy by design. They seek input on that document….
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