ACS Monetary Penalty Announced
The ICO has imposed a monetary penalty of £1,000 on the owner of ACS for lax IT security…
Intellectual Property
Student Access – Accessing Students
The SCL site, including its protected articles, is now open to academic access…
Back to Basics: Non-IP Warranties
In our latest article in the Back to Basics series, Toby Crick and Helen Rose look at the various warranties often found in technology contracts. They consider arguments made by suppliers and users in relation to a number of common warranties and look at some of the practicalities behind those debates. This article does not address warranties relating to intellectual property which will be covered in a separate article later in the series….
Editorial
Two big new initiatives from SCL over the last two months will surely not have passed you by. First, we had the launch of the scheme for certification and accreditation then we had the new SCL Directory, the directory of members on a searchable database, fully accessible to the public. The first two SCL IT…
Digital Economy Act Judicial Review Judgment
BT and TalkTalk have lost on the major points in their action for judicial review of elements of the DEA….
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ISPs, Filtering and File-sharing: Advocate General’s Opinion Published
Advocate General Pedro Cruz Villalon has issued his opinion in Scarlet v Sabam, in which a preliminary ruling is sought on whether a national court can order an ISP to install a system for filtering and blocking electronic communications in order to protect intellectual property rights….
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BT and Phorm: No Prosecution
The CPS has decided that it is not appropriate to prosecute BT and Phorm for alleged interception of browsing data…
Digital Evidence: Beware of Assuming Too Much
Stephen Mason highlights some of the lessons lawyers should learn from Operation Ore…
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Book Review: Cloud Computing: A Practical Introduction to the Legal Issues
Chris James reviews the second edition of this book by Renzo Marchini…
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Consumerisation – Nothing is New
Simon Kosminsky reflects on the fact that the ‘new wave’ of consumerisation is not really all that new, it has just taken on a new form. But he explains that it nevertheless presents a challenge that has to be met….