Predictions 2018 – 11: A Prediction about Predictions
Marion Oswald offers her homage to Yes Minister and, in that tradition, smuggles in some pertinent observations on AI fears…
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Litigation & DR
Predictions 2018 – 3 & 4
Soften the Monday morning blues by opening two doors in the Predictions 2018 advent calendar. Contributions from predictions debutant Lucy McCormick and old-hand Andrew Haslam…
Data Protection and Vicarious Liability
A High Court judgment suggests that vicarious liability arises under data protection legislation and applies even where a rogue employee’s breach is aimed at revenging himself on a data protection compliant employer…
Predictions 2018 – 2
Gideon Shirazi weighs in with his predictions for 2018…
Home Office Consultation on Communications Data and Data Retention
A seven-week consultation on proposed changes to the UK’s communications data retention and acquisition regime has opened….
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Grasping the Nettle: Tackling the Stinging Issues of Consent
Matthew Holman and Lewis Borg analyse some of the most pressing issues on consent under the GDPR and challenge the ICO to clarify some of its guidance…
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Age Verification Dangers
Following on from a widely welcomed presentation at SCL’s Sextech, Porn and the Law event in October, Pandora Blake offers a fuller analysis of the dangers and difficulties that come with the introduction of age verification in accordance with the Digital Economy Act 2017…
Lecture Report: Brad Smith on Cybersecurity
Phoebe Whitlock was present when Microsoft’s Brad Smith gave the Geneva Lecture in November and promoted the view that cybersecurity needs to be a cause for our time. She reports and reflects on the event….
Data Protection: ICO Charges under the GDPR
Laurence Eastham worries about the ICO’s future funding and its capacity to do all that it might need to….
Cases Update October/November 2017
Note: This article was created for the printed magazine.
These are edited versions of some of the cases reported on the SCL site over recent months which are not covered by articles in this edition. Fuller reports are available on the SCL website….