EU Cybersecurity Strategy and Directive
The EU Commission has given details of its cybersecurity plan, designed ‘to protect open internet and online freedom and opportunity’…
Commerce, Contracts & Finance
Kickstarter: Crowdsourcing, Commitments and Consumer Protection
Neil Brown examines the crowdsourced funding web site Kickstarter, asking what Kickstarter needs to do to ensure that consumers are adequately protected against project failure….
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Multi-vendor Outsourcing: Approaches to Liability Allocation
Roger Bickerstaff explains the intricacies of allocating liabilities amongst tower contractors and the role of the SIaM contractor….
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Basic IT Contract Concepts – Surprisingly Obscure
Considering some of the surprising complexities of IT contracts and looking for suggestions for related topics that SCL might cover…
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EU Data Protection Reforms: How the Process Works, and What the ICO Is Doing
Dave Evans sets out the latest position on the data reform package as viewed from the ICO’s perspective and gives an insight into the ICO focus and actions relating to it. Dave was a participant in the SCL Forum 2012 and this article updates much of what he had to say there….
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Web Accessibility: The Proposed EU Directive
Martin Sloan analyses the proposed new directive on web accessibility and tells you all you need to know about the developing accessibility requirements. And this is something you do really need to know about….
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Monetary Penalty Notice Appeal
The First-tier Tribunal decision in respect of the appeal of the first appeal against a monetary penalty notice is now available…
Sony Monetary Penalty
As has been widely reported, Sony has received a monetary penalty following a hacking attack which led to a leak of customer information. Details and comment below….
SCL Meeting Report: Technology and Dispute Resolution
Chris Eastham reports on the recent meeting of the SCL IT Disputes Group, hosted and sponsored by SNR Denton LLP, where Mr Justice Akenhead gave his views…
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ICO Changes Cookies Policy on Own Site
The Information Commissioner’s Office is to change its web site so that cookies are set on arrival…