ICO Audits: Consultation
The ICO is seeking views on its proposals for an Assessment Notices Code of Practice…
Privacy & Data Protection
Thou Shalt Stop Copyright Infringers
The question of whether ISPs are subject to the 345th Commandment may depend on where they are based….
Cloud Computing and the Law: Still Shrouded in Uncertainty?
David Chaplin reports on the SCL London Group’s meeting of 8 February 2010, which focused on cloud computing…
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Data Transfers: Standard Contractual Clauses Updated
On 5 February the European Commission adopted updates to the standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors in non-EU countries…
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Volume Litigation: More Harmful than Helpful?
Andrew Murray explains how volume litigation against alleged file-sharers works and why he disapproves of its use at the present time. This is one of a series of articles arising from last year’s SCL Policy Forum….
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Unticking the Boxes – should IT laws comply with a post-crunch ethos?
In a thought-provoking piece arising from last year’s SCL Policy Forum, Graham Smith challenges some assumptions, queries a number of assertions and analyses the legislative approach that gives us most of our IT law. But he offers little hope for a future of better legislation in the field….
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How To Make Bad Law
Professor Chris Reed draws some lessons from the experience of law-making in the computing and communications sector. He suggests that a focus on technical precision has given us some pretty bad law….
Civil Monetary Penalties for Data Breaches
Following a positive response to its consultation, the Ministry of Justice has confirmed that the new monetary penalties regime will come into effect on 6 April 2010….
SCL Responds on Custodial Sentences for Data Misuse
SCL has submitted its response to the Ministry of Justice following the call for views on the implementation of the power to impose custodial sentences for certain offences under the Data Protection Act 1998….
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Why Does This Have to Be So Difficult?
Joel Harrison bemoans the unnecessary hurdles placed in the way of transfers to data processors outside the EEA. He suggests a way to end the ‘burden’ on gleeful bureaucrats and ease the life of the data protection lawyer….