A document which is highly critical in crucial respects has been adopted by SCL as its response to the Home Office Consultation on transposition of the Data Retention Directive. The response, drafted by the SCL Privacy and Data Protection Interest Group, points out a number of failures and inadequacies in the draft regulations….
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SCL has responded to the Copyright and Enforcement Directorate’s consultation on Gowers 36 and other proposals….
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Andrew Katz highlights the lessons that might be learned from the conduct of commerce in Ancient Rome. He identifies the parallels between the role of slaves and the regulation of intelligent agents in the modern world….
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This article from Nick Kounoupias is a guide to the what, when, how, and how much, of bringing criminal proceedings when your copyright is stolen….
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Branding really matters in the free and open source software (FOSS) world. Alex Newson explores the legal issues and the protection available to open source contributors and projects who care about their brand….
The Home Office laid the final version of the Code ‘Data sharing for the Prevention of Fraud’ before Parliament on 6 October….
The Information Commissioner’s Office has found Virgin Media Limited in breach of the Data Protection Act following the loss of an unencrypted CD containing the personal details of over 3,000 customers….
A new £7M police unit dedicated to tackling electronic crime and Internet fraud was announced on 30 September….
Domain name disputes are frequent, and are frequently entirely unremarkable. Ravi Mohindra sifts through the dross and reports on a selection of the more interesting recent decisions….
The Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, announced on 28 August that a new Global Prosecutors’ E-Crime Network has been developed….
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