The Article 29 Working Party has published an open letter that attacks the latest form of the agreement between the European Commission and the United States of America on PNR….
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Rosalind English reports on a case which involved an innovative approach to protection of privacy, with the court venturing into an area often characterised as beyond court control…
Kieron O’Hara examines the right to be forgotten – what it means and whether the technology is available to implement the right. This is the first in a series of articles arising from the SCL’s 6th Annual Policy Forum held in September 2011….
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On 11 October 2011, the European Commission published a detailed proposal for a regulation on a Common European Sales Law (CESL). Guy Wilmot and David Webster consider the Commission’s proposals and explain what the CESL is before explaining some of the issues for technology and IT lawyers in particular….
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As IT law affects everything, is there really room for the IT law expert? The specialisms are evolving and (here is a happy new year message) I think IT lawyers are doomed….
This is a selection of the responses to our annual call for predictions, focusing on IT applications in the workplace…
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This is a selection of the responses to our annual call for predictions, focusing on digital evidence e-disclosure, and vaguely related topics. Since respondents are encouraged to go beyond their comfort zone if so inclined, many more topics are covered….
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This is a selection of the responses to our annual call for predictions. These are mainly predictions from those focused on IT law, whether as academics of practitioners. Since contributors are encouraged to deal with all manner of relevant issues, it may stray from IT law and into topics of even greater interest….
Samuel Martin Lorca and Brian Davidson consider a recent ECJ judgment on data protection and the implementation of the Directive into Spanish legislation…
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The 28th Annual BILETA Conference will be hosted by the University of Liverpool on 10 to 13 April. The deadline for the 2nd call for submissions of abstracts and panel proposals is now extended to 25 February….