Google Privacy : Latest Enforcement Action
The CNIL has ordered Google to comply with the French Data Protection Act, within three months. Other DPAs are proceeding with the concerted action agreed by the Article 29 Working Party…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
‘Something bad might happen’: Lawyers, Anonymization and Risk
Anonymized data? Maybe not so anonymous. Marion Oswald explains how anonymization offers a real challenge to lawyers and that they might not always be best equipped to deal with it…
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SCL Meeting Report: ‘A review of contractual frameworks, issues and risks in Cloud Computing’
Renzo Marchini reports on the SCL Seminar hosted by Dechert on 13 June 2013….
Draft Consumer Rights Bill
The draft Consumer Rights Bill has now been published. It is of special interest to IT lawyers, not least for the proposals for special provision for ‘digital content’…
Irish Presidency Proposes Risk-Based Adjustments to Proposed EU Data Protection Regulation
Bridget Treacy and Naomi McBride bring us up to date with the latest developments on the EU DP Regulation…
The Downing Street Lovers and the Information Commissioner
Laurence Eastham reveals all he knows about the identity of those involved in the Downing Street fling and wonders if there are lessons for a poorly resourced ICO….
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Two New Monetary Penalties Imposed
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published details of further monetary penalties imposed on public authorities….
Learning to Code
Laurence Eastham was drawn to a discussion in the SCL LinkedIn group that really took off and wonders if it has relevance for all IT lawyers…
DP Reform Package: ICO Reiterates Concerns
The Information Commissioner has published his letter to the Secretary of State for Justice expressing his concern about the ICO’s ability to cope with the duties that would fall upon it if the data protection reform package proceeds in its current form…
A Brave New World Demands Brave New Thinking
Phil Lee considers the impact that Google Glass and other ‘smart glasses’ may have on privacy issues and calls for new thinking…
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