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Cybersquatting Record

March 18, 2009

WIPO has revealed that 2008 was a record year for cybersquatting disputes and has expressed concern about the forthcoming new gTLDs….

Online Behavioural Advertising: IAB Good Practice Principles

March 4, 2009

The Internet Advertising Bureau has launched a set of Good Practice Principles – self-regulatory guidelines to set good practice for companies that collect and use data for online behavioural advertising purposes….

Privacy Notices: Cut Out The Gobbledegook!

February 28, 2009

The ICO has issued a draft code of practice on the content and nature of privacy notices. Marly Didizian and Peter Church describe and comment on the draft code’s plus, and its shortcomings, and offer their own suggestions for drafting….

Data Protection: Coroners and Justice Bill Proposals

February 23, 2009

The ICO has published further commentary on the proposals for assessment notices, information sharing and other amendments to data protection legislation contained in the data protection aspects of the Coroners and Justice Bill…

SCL Masterclass: From Cradle to Grave – The Outsourcing Lifecycle

February 21, 2009

This is the CPD course arising from the SCL Masterclass held on 12 February and available via a podcast. SCL CPD Scheme online course code: HW/SFCL8 – 4 hours 25 minutes…

Trustees’ Terabytes

February 19, 2009

We have finally decided to start a Trustees’ blog, about SCL, about being Trustees, about being tech lawyers, about technology in our practices, about what’s happening behind (and in front of) the scenes at SCL, and whatever feels important to us from time to time….

Shoring-up Escrow: Precautions against Software Supplier Insolvency

February 16, 2009

Renzo Marchini sounds a timely warning about the need to put in place one, admittedly shaky, piece of protection against supplier insolvency…

Learning to Trust Cloud Computing

February 16, 2009

Bridget Treacy analyses how over-regulation and concern over data privacy may keep the cloud from rising high…

Severability Latest and an Implied Duty to Warn

February 11, 2009

Paul Gershlick analyses an important recent case. In J Murphy & Sons Limited v Johnston Precast Limited, the Regus severability approach was followed and a novel implied contract term which has major implications for IT contracts appears to be recognised: an ongoing implied duty to warn….