By strange coincidence, the first three contributions received in response to our call for predictions all came from people working at DLA Piper, the ‘global law firm’. They deserve their own special moment as a reward for a prompt response….
Read More… from Predictions 2013, and beyond: Part 1, DLA Piper Predictions
The Information Commissioner’s Office issued monetary penalties totalling £440,000 in respect of two spam texters…
Edwin Moore-Gillon considers some important and topical issues in the outsourcing sector, and what they may mean for businesses in these difficult times….
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Tim Wright and Tania Williams consider the insourcing trend and give pointers to the proper process to follow for those tempted by that trend…
The Supreme Court has considered the principles involved when making a Norwich Pharmacal order and whether disclosure of personal data is proportionate in the context of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, Article 8…
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James Taylor reports on the first SCL Question Time – “Industry Interrogates Private Practice”, which took place on 13 November…
Ofcom has published the results of a large-scale consumer tracking study into the extent of online copyright infringement. It claims to reveal that nearly half of Internet users are unsure if content is legal and that one in six believe they are accessing some illegal content…
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The Information Commissioner’s Office has published a new code of practice on managing data protection risks in relation to anonymisation…
The EDPS has adopted an opinion which expresses his concern that responsibility for data protection and privacy in the Cloud should not be ‘up in the air’…
At the SCL Forum in September, Graham Smith spoke about the regulation of the Internet and what he saw as the best way forward. This article is an edited version of the views expressed in that talk. These are his personal views, not attributable to his law firm or to any client. A series of articles arising from the Forum will be published in the New Year – this one is very much for now as Leveson looms and decisions on the Communications Bill and social media prosecutions are considered….