Powers to conduct compulsory data protection audits in local government, the health service and the private sector are needed to ensure compliance with the law, says the Information Commissioner….
Read More… from ICO Lobbying for Wider Compulsory Audit Powers
The first meeting of the SCL Media Group was a resounding success, with a number of big name speakers giving valuable insights into the issues surrounding phone hacking….
How does the law treat temporary copies of copyright protected material? Toby Headdon offers a careful analysis of the main relevant provisions and recent cases touching on the issue….
Read More… from Ghosts in the Machine: Copyright and Temporary Copies
James Holyday reports back on the KM Group’s seminar held at Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP (BLP) on 28 September 2011: ‘Up Close and Personal – Delivering the Right Information and Knowledge Management at the Point of Need’….
Marion Oswald looks at the implications for FOI obligations of using private e-mail for public work, and wonders how FOI and the Cloud fit together….
Jaani Riordan gives a brief account of the many fascinating contributions to the SCL Policy Forum, held in London on 15 and 16 September….
Read More… from SCL Policy Forum Report: The New Shape of European Internet Regulation
Jeremy Holt reflects on the experience of producing an IT law book…
Eduardo Ustaran shares his views on the reported tension between EU data protectionists and the Cloud….
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published guidance on freedom of information legislation and research information….
Read More… from ICO Advice on Disclosure of Research Information
The ECJ’s judgment in Interflora v Marks & Spencer settles nothing in itself. But I am not sure its floral undertones will create a perfume that smells like roses to M&S – I think they will be overwhelmed by the citrus base (ie lemons). Is that really how the judgment should be viewed? I am not sure it is that simple….