Phone Payments Alert: Web Promoted Subscription Services
The regulator of phone-paid services in the UK has issued a notice highlighting areas of concern…
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The regulator of phone-paid services in the UK has issued a notice highlighting areas of concern…
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The Information Commissioner’s Office has published an updated guide for privacy impact assessments…
Another data leak, from an especially embarrassing source, should act as a pertinent reminder to SCL members that it can happen to anyone….
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SCL is in the process of deciding who to invite to give the next SCL Lecture, building on the success of March’s lecture from William Patry. Who would you pick?…
Does our notoriously blinkered approach mean that we will never ‘get’ EU law?…
The BSI launched a new BSI Standard for data protection on 2 June. The launch coincides with the publication of the BSI’s own survey findings that 1 in 5 of SMEs admit to breach of the data protection legislation….
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Almost one in five businesses has unwittingly breached the Data Protection Act at least once according to a survey conducted by the BSI. Of these, nearly half said they had breached the Act on several occasions and an additional 18% said they were not sure whether they had or not. A ‘breach’ could refer to…
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What is cloud computing, and why does it matter? Bill Jones offers his insight, explains what IT lawyers have to consider when dealing with the concept and examines its legal risks….
Tony Dearsley explains how to deal safely with data before disposing of hardware, and reminds us that the dangers apply to mobile devices as well as the desktop computer….
Speedy can be good, but it might not leave everyone happy….