Lowering Nuisance Calls Threshold
A consultation on proposals for lowering the threshold for enforcement action relating to nuisance calls and spam texts has been announced…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
EU Network and Information Security Directive
Pearse Ryan, Paddy Buckenham and Niall Donnelly give a full account of the proposals for the pending ‘Cybersecurity Directive’ and the latest developments affecting it, and wonder whether it is possible to legislate for cybersecurity….
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SCL Events Reports
For many years the magazine reported on SCL events but these are now found only online. But we worry that many members are missing out on memorable and useful training opportunities. So here are two reports on events from September. Annie Clarke reports on the SCL Big Data Masterclass, Big Data & Digital: competition, consumer protection and other challengesand James Henderson reports on the sixth module in SCL’s Foundation of IT Law, Cloud Computing….
PSD2 Redux
Simon Deane-Johns reviews the revised proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on payment services in the internal market…
European Banking Authority Opinion on Virtual Currencies
Pearse Ryan, Rob Cain and Emma Dunne offer a summary of the recent EBA Opinion. They are not impressed by the Opinion or the potential cost to Ireland of following its recommendations and suggest a more balanced approach that would allow innovation to thrive…
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The Microsoft Warrant Case: Not Just an Irish Issue
John O’Connor outlines the latest position in the ‘Microsoft Warrant case’ where the Cloud provider was ordered by a US Federal Court to produce its customer’s private e-mail content even though it was stored exclusively outside the USA…
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Addressing ‘New’ Challenges to ODR Implementation
Darin Thompson continues his series of articles on online dispute resolution. In this third article in his series, he looks both at service channels and system design options before turning his attention to identity, confidentiality, privacy and security….
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Multi-vendor Outsourcing in Practice
Multi-vendor outsourcings have become an established part of the central government contract landscape over the last few years. Roger Bickerstaff has worked on a variety of multi-vendor projects, advising both public sector customers and customers and private sector bidders. In this article, he uses his practical experience to identify some of the key issues that are emerging in the conduct of these procurement processes….
SCL Event Report: Foundations of IT Law Programme – Module 6: Cloud Computing
James Henderson reports on the sixth module in SCL’s Foundation of IT Law, which took place on 10 September 2014…
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Privacy and Apps Survey
A global survey has found that 85% of mobile apps fail to provide basic privacy information…