A substantial, warming and slightly spicy soup as a first course in the predictions banquet – predictions from Chris Marsden, John Yates, Peter Sommer, Lilian Edwards, Mike Taylor, Jan Durant, Stephen Mason, Shireen Smith, Bryan King, Joe Reevy and Nick Holmes. Don’t forget the amuse bouche posted on 30 November with the predictions from Kit Burden and Robert Buchan…
The Information Commissioner has served the first monetary penalty notices for serious data protection breaches…
Dervish Tayyip identifies the key problems for cloud computing from an IT lawyer’s perspective and suggests a number of attainable solutions. These are his personal views and not those of Microsoft for whom he is head of UK Legal….
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John Yates explains how to adapt and survive in the new, harsher environment facing public sector procurement…
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David Chaplin reports on the SCL Seminar ‘Legal Issues in Financial Services IT Provision’ held at Bird & Bird’s offices on 9 November….
Are we doomed to lose all our privacy rights if we use the Internet at all? What use are MPs if they ignore the basics? How serious are we about giving people options? Do we all need more cookies? How many questions can fit in a strap line?…
On 4 November, the European Commission published its strategy to strengthen EU data protection rules…
The Information Commissioner has announced the outcome of the Google Street View investigation…
Gillian Cordall looks at the basics of contract formation and points up their relevance to the real world IT or e-commerce transaction….
Roger Bickerstaff provides some insights into forthcoming developments in Computers & Law and the SCL more generally…