Pihl v Sweden: Liability for Comments
Dirk Voorhoof recounts the facts and judgment in Pihl and comments on the findings of the European Court of Human Rights and the potential for restrictions on internet freedoms…
Litigation & DR
Algorithms and the Rule of Law
Rónán Kennedy explores fundamental issues surrounding the use of algorithms…
Company Registers and the ‘Right to be Forgotten’
The CJEU has given judgment in a case where an applicant sought to have information in a companies register held by a Chamber of Commerce anonymised…
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Privacy and mHealth Apps: EU Draft Code of Conduct
Pearse Ryan, Colin Rooney and Hugh McCarthy take a careful look at the key features of the European Commission’s draft code of conduct on privacy for mobile health applications…
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AI in the Dock: the Trial of Superdebthunterbot
Michael Butterworth reports on a very special event…
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Mind Over Matter? Part II: Implied Terms
Alex Shattock and Gideon Shirazi weigh the impact of recent Supreme Court judgments on claims relating to implied terms and contemplate their impact in the context of some common tech project scenarios…
Reference Class Forecasting and Realistic Tech Contracts
Michael Bywell suggests one route to overcoming cognitive delusion, deception and strategic manipulation in technology projects. He suggests that reference class forecasting may provide an answer and considers the legal implications….
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Law Commission Consultation and Data Protection
There is an important opportunity to influence future legislation that is being obscured by a controversy over protection for ‘whistle-blowers’…
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Dawson-Damer: The Irresistible Rise of the DPA
Christopher Knight summarises an important Court of Appeal judgment on subject access requests and legal professional privilege….
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Trustee Changes and New SCL Fellows
There are new SCL Trustees and two of those retiring from the Board of Trustees have become SCL Fellows…