The Information Commissioner has again pleaded for the implementation of the power to send people to prison for data protection offences. His plea would carry more weight if the ICO actually tried to address serious criminal behaviour with serious criminal charges….
Jeffrey Lewis and Siobhain Egan look at the latest proposals directed at the companies based overseas which are making profits from UK-based gambling…
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The ICO announces that it has launched an investigation into whether clients of rogue private investigators may have committed offences under the Data Protection Act…
The Court of Appeal judgment on an appeal against sentence in respect of DOS attacks and other behaviour which amounted to offences under the Computer Misuse Act 1990 is now available. It offers some useful guidance….
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Islington Council receives a penalty after 2,000 residents’ personal details are published online…
Nick Swimer and Stephen Edwards look at a recent High Court judgment that confirmed that operators of a live sports indexing web site were infringing the FAPL’s copyright…
Ian Brown adds to the debate about Internet surveillance by governments and the various legal regimes that apply…
Judith Rauhofer responds to the article ‘A Global Reality: Governmental Access to Cloud Data’…
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Quentin Archer, Winston Maxwell and Christopher Wolf summarise the key findings from a recent analysis of the powers of governments to access data held in the Cloud…
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The Office of Fair Trading has issued a decision in a case concerning restrictions on online sales of mobility scooters…