Bill Shock and Children
The premium rate watchdog has issued a report with lots of good ideas. It clearly cares about protecting children. But there is a crucial piece of contract law missing….
Privacy & Data Protection
ICO Changes Cookies Policy on Own Site
The Information Commissioner’s Office is to change its web site so that cookies are set on arrival…
Data Protection Reform: Latest ICO Views
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published its further thoughts on the data protection reform package ‘in light of recent announcements from the European Parliament, Council of the European Union and European Commission’…
Data Protection Reform Package: Government Response to Justice Committee
The Government has published its response to the Justice Select Committee’s Report on the EU Data Protection proposals….
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Data Protection and the European Parliament: Stricter, Thicker and Tougher
Eduardo Ustaran warns that the draft report by the LIBE Committee on the data protection reform directive, with its revised proposal for the regulation, looks to tighten control yet further, not slacken the reins…
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ICO Publishes Response to Leveson Report
The Leveson Report included a series of recommendations which related to data protection issues, and might have a considerable impact on data protection regulation in the UK. The Information Commissioner’s Office has now published its response to the relevant parts of the Report….
Predictions 2013 and Beyond: IT in Law and IT for Lawyers
Here is a selection of the online predictions made by our contributors. All relate to IT for law firms, e-disclosure or related issues….
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Predictions 2013 and Beyond: IT Lawyers
A set of predictions, mainly from practising IT lawyers but with a few academics too, which range widely but include predictions on the developments expected in IT law….
Cloud, data protection and more in 2013
Cloud services and data protection will become even more of a “hot topic” in 2013…
Binding Corporate Rules for Data Processors
The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has decided to set up a regime for approval of binding corporate rules for data processors…