Google Fine for Android Dominance Actions
The EU Commission has fined Google €4.34 billion ‘for illegal practices regarding Android mobile devices to strengthen dominance of Google’s search engine’…
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Door-to-door Preaching and Classification as a Data Controller
The Court of Justice of the European Union has held that a religious community, such as the Jehovah’s Witnesses, is a controller, jointly with its members who engage in preaching, for the processing of personal data carried out by the latter in the context of door-to-door preaching. The case does, however, have wider impact, beyond such religious communities….
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Time to get Technical? Revolutionizing the (Deplorable?) System of Internet Governance
This entry to the SCL Student Essay Prize earned Viraj Ananth the runner-up spot. It is a challenging and original take on the set question, which concerned the relative importance of law and ISP action in enforcement on the Internet….
Data Adequacy after Brexit: Commons Select Committee Report
The Exiting the European Union Committee has published its report on data flows and data protection after Brexit….
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Mixed Data in the Court of Appeal
Rupert Paines from 11KBW analyses the Court of Appeal’s judgment in DB v GMC…
SCL Student Essay Prize Winner Announced
The winner of this year’s SCL Student Essay Prize is Alvin Cheung. The runner-up is Viraj Ananth….
Is Software Goods, or even Property? A Recommendation for Sui Generis Categories
With the recent Court of Appeal decision in Computer Associates v The Software Incubator as a catalyst, Ken Moon embarks on a detailed analysis of the ‘software as goods’ debate and suggests a modern solution to problems arising from outdated classifications…
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Data Protection Damages: Court of Appeal Judgment in TLU v Home Office
Lorna Skinner analyses the Court of Appeal decision in TLU v Home Office, which concerned misuse of private information and data protection and provided a further explanation of Durant…
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Is the Use of Self Deleting Apps Legally Defensible?
Karyn Harty asks an interesting question and suggests an approach that will lead to a sensible answer…
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Could I get that in writing?
Richard Osborne of 4 Pump Court reflects on a contract dispute in which the Supreme Court made it clear that anti-oral variation clauses will be enforced….