Schrems: Comments and Reaction
Such has been the welter of reaction to the CJEU judgment ‘invalidating Safe Harbour’ that readers may find it useful to have a guide to some of the comments of value…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Crowdfunding in the Human-to-Human Economy: Web 2.0 Based Finance for Jobs and Growth
Dr Joachim Schwerin gives his personal view of the approach that is needed to make crowdfunding a success in a democratic, market-based society. This article follows on from the series of articles arising from the recent SCL Technology Law Futures Conference, where Joachim was one of the lead speakers…
Insolvency Protection for IT Supplies
The Insolvency (Protection of Essential Supplies) Order 2015 comes into force on 1 October 2015. Rita Lowe and Helen Coverdale offer a reminder and make some suggestions for suppliers and insolvency practitioners…
Rising Tide of Cyber Risks Could Swamp the Insurance Market
Hans Allnutt, David Bear, and Clare Hughes-Williams survey the increasing exposure of insurers in a burgeoning area for insurers that has seen a recent explosive twist that they may not have taken into account…
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The Management of Information and Communication Technology Programmes in Scottish Central Government
Audit Scotland’s new report on managing Information and Communication Technology contracts provides a useful insight into the management and future of Scottish Government ICT contracts both for those in the public sector and for those in the private sector who tender for such contracts. David Gourlay and Susan Robertson provide a summary and offer some thoughts on its impact…
Not so Safe Harbour: Advocate General’s Opinion in Schrems
The Advocate General has released his Opinion in a case referred to the CJEU which concerned the transfer of the data of European Facebook subscribers to servers located in the United States. If his Opinion is followed by the Court, safe harbour will crumble….
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CNIL and Google: Stretching Boundaries?
The President of the CNIL has rejected Google’s informal appeal against the formal notice requesting it to apply delisting on all of the search engine’s domain names, including google.com. Are the suggestions that the CNIL is seeking world domination justified?…
Modern Slavery and Supply Chains
David Lowe outlines new legal requirements which apply in the UK from October 2015…
Reselling Software Licences
Following the UsedSoft ruling, Robin Fry asks where we are now…
Forgetting and Futility
The latest ICO enforcement notice, arising under the ‘right to be forgotten’, seems like a futile gesture….