Personal Data: The ICO guidance
Beverley Flynn recounts and analyses the recent guidance from the Information Commissioner’s Office…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Web Site Recruitment: Are Law Firms Getting it Right?
Intendance,, best known for their annual investigation into legal Web sites: ‘Intendance Fast Fifty Solicitors’ Websites 2007: Who is Winning and Why?, have revealed the findings of their survey of the graduate-focused web pages of top law firms….
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Key Legal Issues in Collaborative Technology Partnerships
Graham Hann identifies the key issues which need to be addressed in contracts for collaborative technology partnerships….
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Causes, Duties and Risks
Nicholas Baatz QC examines the law on determining culpability for delay and disruption in IT projects…
Law 2.0?
Alastair Morrison examines the benefits of SaaS (Software as a Service)….
Who Owns Contacts Lists?
A new ruling on a list of business contacts suggests that employers may have rights over personal contact lists held on their computers….
The FOSS Way: An Introduction to GPL3
Software licensing has changed as free and open source software influences every aspect of programming. The launch of a new version of GPL is therefore of great importance to all concerned with software licensing. Alex Newson examines GPL3….
Search Engines: Balancing Data Retention with Privacy
Lisa Comber looks at recent concerns over the data protection policies of Google and the EU’s attitude to them….
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Tissue Samples and Graffiti: Personal Data and the Article 29 Working Party
Christopher Millard and Peter Church summarise and comment on the opinion of the Article 29 Working Party on the Definition of Personal Data….
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Alan Brakefield 1928 – 2007
SCL is sad to inform its members that Alan Brakefield, Hon Treasurer of the Society for Computers and Law 1973 – 2002, died on 19 July after a valiant fight against cancer. Ruth Baker offers her brief tribute to one of the Society’s most influential members….