ICO Fines MoJ
Repeated security failings lead to £180,000 monetary penalty for Ministry of Justice…
Litigation & DR
Editorial
SCL Technology Law Futures Forum This issue features six articles which arise from the very successful Technology Law Futures Forum which took place in late June. I am grateful to the speakers who have taken the time to turn their presentations, or aspects of their presentations, into articles for the magazine. I am still hoping…
August Trivia: The Game of Thrones Law Quiz
As T S Eliot almost said, ‘August is the cruellest month’ – everybody else is on holiday, or maybe you are just back from holiday and wondering why you bothered to return. Adam Whitfield-Jones and Joanne Frears have put together a diversion that might help lawyers who really don’t want to be lawyering at the moment….
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing – A Brief Introduction
Andelka M. Phillips provides a summary of her presentation at the SCL Technology Law Futures Forum. It is intended to provide a very brief introduction to the direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC) industry and the issues it raises for the law. (Please note that this is part of research that is ongoing)….
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Quantified Self and the Privacy Challenge in Wearables
Hamed Haddadi, Akram Alomainy and Ian Brown explain what the ‘quantified self’ is and identify some of the privacy risks that arise. This is one of our series of articles arising from the SCL Technology Law Futures Forum, which is still available as a podcast, at which Akram spoke….
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Personal Data Stores
The SCL Technology Law Futures Forum in June included a debate on personal data stores. One of the speakers, William Heath explains the benefits and costs and responds to some of the questions raised on the day….
Scottish Borders: Further Fallout
Inspired by Paul Motion and Laura Irvine’s article A Series of Unlikely Events, Richard Morgan shares his further thoughts on the ICO practice since the Scottish Borders decision…
Social Media: We Don’t Need New Laws
The House of Lords Communications Committee has published a report which takes the view that there is no need for new legislation to cover social media offences – existing laws and guidance, properly applied, can do the job….
A Series of Unlikely Events
One year on from the Scottish Borders Appeal, Paul Motion and Laura Irvine ask: has the ICO’s approach changed?…
Latest Monetary Penalty for Hacking Breach
The ICO has served a monetary penalty notice on an online travel services company that exposed customer records to a malicious hacker…