This article from Simon Deane-Johns is based on a presentation to the Society for Computers and Law Internet Governance Conference in May 2009. It briefly defines and explains behavioural targeting of Internet advertising, and examines the requirements and issues relating to the consent of the targeted user….
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The High Court judgment in the case of L’Oreal, Lancome and others v eBay International, eBayEurope and eBay (UK) Ltd and others was published on 22 May. It has resulted in a clear acknowledgment of breach of trade marks in sales on eBay but the question of any eBay liability awaits guidance from the ECJ….
Andrew Harbison and Pearse Ryan discuss the topics of data leakage and data compromise. They ask the question: how can leakage and compromise be prevented. If that is not possible, how can their consequences be managed or mitigated?…
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These are the questions arising from the presentations by Robert Bond and Dan Cooper at the meeting of the SCL Privacy & Data Protection Group on 22 April. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL21 – 1.5 hours…
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Colin Hulme and Jennifer Whitehead reflect on enforcement of IPR in a converged world, and recognise its limits….
This is the essay which won Philip Hutchinson the SCL Essay Prize 2009….
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The European Court of Justice has given judgment in College van burgemeester en wethouders van Rotterdam v M.E.E. Rijkeboer, a reference on Article 12 of Directive 95/46 (rights of access)…
In the last few weeks, I have resolved on a number of occasions to cover a new development on the SCL Web site or to note it in the Editor’s Blog, only to find that it has become so widely covered in mainstream media that there seems at first glance to be nothing for a…
The Home Office has published a consultation paper on the collection and storage of communications data. Views on the proposals outlined are sought by 20 July….
The latest government proposals on data retention and storage remind me of ice cream, poor parenting and children…