Following a survey on the use of personal devices for work commissioned by the Information Commissioner’s Office, it sees cause for concern on security and data protection compliance. It has issued new guidance for businesses…
Richard Graham and Adam Lewington paint a Big Data landscape, and highlight the risks in the foreground and those looming on the horizon…
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Following the latest meeting of the EU data protection regulators, the Article 29 Working Party released their latest statement on current discussions regarding the data protection reform package…
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A new report from Sony is a ‘wake up call for the legal industry to keep pace with technological change and evolution of working practices’…
Paul Lambert writes about the positive side of the right to be forgotten and the dangers of diluting the right…
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The EU Commission has given details of its cybersecurity plan, designed ‘to protect open internet and online freedom and opportunity’…
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….
Nico van Eijk, a presenter at the SCL Forum 2012, relates a story that illustrates the dangers associated with digital certificates and suggests improvements to the relevant regime….
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Pearse Ryan, Claire O’Brien and Andrew Harbison outline and comment on the new legislation in Ireland which aims to target white collar crime and cybercrime in particular…
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A set of predictions, mainly from practising IT lawyers but with a few academics too, which range widely but include predictions on the developments expected in IT law….