SCL Conference Report: IT Law Hot Topics 2012
Helen Hart reports on Tuesday’s SCL Annual Conference ‘IT Law Hot Topics 2012: The IT law you need for 2013’…
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Privacy & Data Protection
Privacy’s Greatest Threat and How to Overcome It
Phil Lee makes his observations on the regulation of privacy and closes with a rallying call for technology-neutral, proportionate legislation that delivers meaningful data protection in practice….
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SCL Policy Forum Report: Computer and Communications Law Reform
Jaani Riordan reports on the annual SCL Policy Forum which took place on 13 and 14 September at the offices of Herbert Smith, London. Podcasts of most of the presentations at the Forum are now available on the SCL web site….
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Database Right: ECJ Judgment in Football Data Co v Sportradar
The Court of Justice of the European Union published its judgment in this dispute – yet another concerning database right and football-related information – on 18 October…
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The Cloud and You – The Lawyer’s View
Not everyone who talks about cloud computing seems to have grasped the basics but it is tough to assess the legal risks without a decent understanding. Lillian Pang aims to improve understanding of the cloud and the issues that arise from its use….
Latest Monetary Penalty: Police Pay £120,000 for Breach
A police force has been required to pay a £120,000 penalty for data breach…
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Google’s Privacy Policy Latest
The EU still does not like Google’s new privacy policy: ‘incomplete information and uncontrolled combination of data across services’. The CNIL has published its findings and the essence of the latest letter sent to Google….
Book Review – Data Protection Strategy: Implementing Data Protection Compliance
Laurence Eastham reviews the latest edition of this guide to data protection strategy…
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Austria Data Protection Fail
The Court of Justice has declared that Austria has not fulfilled its obligation to create an independent data protection authority….
Article 29 Working Party: Further Opinion on Data Protection Reform
The assembled European data protection authorities have adopted a further opinion on the data protection reform package…
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