Alex Cochrane looks at the latest suggestions that the UK will legislate on revenge porn and asks if anything can be learned from the different international approaches to date…
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Threats to internet security are constantly in the news, but organisations of all sizes will know that there is a real cost to be borne when systems are hacked. James Hyde and Neil Jackson consider a recent TCC judgment which had to consider who should bear the cost….
Ofcom has published its report on progress on measures designed to protect children from ‘harmful content’ when using the Internet…
Laura Bruin reports on the fifth module in SCL’s Foundation of IT Law, which took place on 2 July 2014…
The European Commission reports on progress, and the lack of it, in improving transparency on in-app purchases in online games. Reads like an end-of term report…
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Justin Dear offers some guidelines of general application that may help those working in the media decide when it is legal and acceptable to publish photographs online…
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Filtering news and manipulating moods and emotions? Yep, that’s me. And probably lots of you too….
Pearse Ryan, Rob Cain and Emma Dunne recount a cautionary tale that arises from the Central Bank of Ireland’s recent imposition of a fine on an insurer for breaches of consumer protection legislation…
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Pearse Ryan, Rob Cain and Emma Dunne review the developments on crypto-currencies like Bitcoin which are of relevance in Ireland…
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Lillian Pang aims to shine a floodlight on Big Data…