Intellectual Property lawyer Graeme Fearon of Thring Townsend reviews the APIG report and suggested amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990….
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The summer viewing of Big Brother enthralled and appalled. Hazel Randall looks at the show going on on your PC with the updates in Adware and Spyware, and other techniques for tracking what private and commercial PC users are doing….
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Jim Davies of GPM Security Consultants explains why vulnerability will survive any anti-virus solution and suggests a different approach….
Barristers Michael Douglas QC and Alex Charlton and Ashhurst partner Jeremy Drew join forces to discuss the granting or refusal of mandatory injunctions….
Hazel Raw of v-lex ltd looks at the menu of spam solutions and asks what lawyers can do to help legitimate marketing companies getting caught in the spam stew….
The battle between file-sharers and the film and music industries throws up some interesting issues. Gary Fotios looks at some of them….
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New e-mail guidelines for solicitors acknowledge the importance of this major communication tool. SCL’s Nigel Miller welcomes the guidelines and Laurence Eastham suggests areas for improvement….
Shelley Hill of Robert Muckle welcomes the All Parliamentary Internet Group’s inquiry into the Act….
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Dr. David Wall of Leeds University asks the question we would all like to see answered with a ‘YES’….
As the EU and US debate sharing of airline passenger information, Stewart Baker, Maury Shenk, Kees Kuilwijk, Winnie Chang and Daniel Mah of Steptoe & Johnson examine the special circumstances and the extent to which sophisticated anonymisation techniques can resolve some of the most difficult conflicts between privacy and security….
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