Information Governance Survey
A report following a new survey suggests that inadequate information governance practices are putting UK companies at risk…
Intellectual Property
SCL Meeting Report: ‘Online Advertising Masterclass: Display, Data, Search and Social’.
On 6 November 2013, Bristows LLP hosted the latest session organised by the SCL Media Group which proved extremely popular. The session covered various aspects of online advertising and was chaired by Paul Jordan, head of the advertising team at Bristows. Sacha Wilson, an associate at Bristows, reports on the session….
Google go down in Paris: How did it come to this?
Dominic Crossley gives his view of the recent judgment of the Tribunal de Grande Instance on a claim brought by Max Mosley against Google, relating to certain images available on a Google Images search…
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EDPS Comments on Proposal for Tax Co-operation
The European Data Protection Supervisor has published comments on the proposal for a Council Directive amending the Directive 2011/16/EU on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation. He expresses clear concern about the data protection implications….
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Data Protection Monetary Penalties: Absolutely Criminal?
In the space of little more than eight weeks, the Information Rights Tribunal has recently quashed two ‘Civil Monetary Penalties’ totalling £550,000. Paul Motion and Laura Irvine consider the decisions and argue that such Monetary Penalties are properly categorised as criminal, with significant consequences for both the Information Commissioner and a data controller under investigation for a data protection breach. See also the authors’ article ‘Cake or Death?’…
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Book Review: A Copyright Masquerade
Laurence Eastham reviews the latest publication from Dr Monica Horten…
Accessibility of Web Site Content and EU Jurisdiction Ruling
Joel Smith and Alexandra Leriche consider the CJEU ruling in Pinckney v Mediatech, where jurisdiction in online copyright infringement cases was said to depend on the accessibility of web site content…
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Latest ECJ Ruling on Consumer Protection and Cross-border Sales
In a new ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union has held that a consumer may sue a foreign trader with whom he has concluded a contract before the national courts where it is established that the trader has directed his activities to the consumer’s State, even if the means used to so direct his activities were not the basis for the conclusion of the contract…
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SCL Annual Conference 2013 Report: In a Few Words
David Chaplin reports on the SCL Annual Conference 2013, ‘All the IT Law you need for 2014’…
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Samsung Patent ‘Truce’: EU Commission Consults
The EU Commission is looking for views on the commitments offered by Samsung Electronics regarding use of SEPs…
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