Clouds over the EU
John Salmon explains that EU initiatives on cloud computing don’t really solve the problems with adoption by the financial services sector…
Privacy & Data Protection
ICO Audits: Private Sector Leads the Way
The ICO has published reports summarising the outcomes of audits carried out over the last two years…
Raindrops on Robots and Whiskers . . .
Robots are fascinating, and will pose fascinating legal problems…
Cloud Computing vs Traditional Outsourcing – Key Differences
Kuan Hon and Christopher Millard particularise the many faces of cloud computing and warn of the dangers of pretending that each matches old outsourcing profiles when determining how to regulate….
Read More… from Cloud Computing vs Traditional Outsourcing – Key Differences
ICO Guidance on the Cloud
The ICO has acted to remind businesses of data responsibilities as more look to cloud computing to process personal information…
EDPS Comments on Online Illegal Content Procedure Proposals
The European Data Protection Supervisor has published his formal comments on DG MARKT’s public consultation on procedures for notifying and acting on illegal content hosted by online intermediaries…
Read More… from EDPS Comments on Online Illegal Content Procedure Proposals
SCL Meeting Report: Effective Ways of Using New Technology in Delivering Legal Services
Claire Andrews reports on the recent meeting of the SCL Knowledge Management Group on ‘Effective ways of using new technology in delivering legal services’, hosted at the London office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP on 11 September 2012….
EDPS Concern over Function Creep on Access to Asylum Seekers’ Fingerprints
The European Data Protection Supervisor has adopted an Opinion on the latest amendments concerning EURODAC access. His press release on the topic is headed ‘erosion of fundamental rights creeps along’…
Read More… from EDPS Concern over Function Creep on Access to Asylum Seekers’ Fingerprints
Project Manager’s Liability
Simon Weinberg and Paul Gershlick offer a cautionary tale for project managers arising from the judgment in Trustees of Ampleforth Abbey Trust v Turner & Townsend Project Management Limited in the TCC…
Legal Issues for App Developers
Kathryn Rogers considers the main legal concerns for the ever-growing army of app developers…