Another set of predictions for 2009 dealing with a range of issues. This set has predictions from Charles Christian, Chris Dale, Paul Heritage-Redpath, Rosemary Jay, Iain Mitchell QC, Gregor Pryor, Pearse Ryan and Linda Webster…
Following on from Predictions Preview, 17 new predictions on IT law, IT applications and the way technology will impact on business and society. Everything but next week’s lottery numbers from Birley, Briskman, Burgess, Davis and Onwusah, Harbison, Haslam, Jones, Katz, Kaye, Marsden, Morrison, Newson, Speed, Spencer, Trimmer, Tuke and Uebergang….
David Boutcher and Bob Stankey ask: Will unmanaged OSS use make it harder to get financing and ultimately find a buyer for a technology-dependent business?…
Pearse Ryan takes the reader through the various stages in an outsourcing transaction and identifies the points to look out for along the way….
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The Information Assurance Advisory Council has published a new guide, Director’s and Corporate Advisor’s Guide to Digital Investigations and Evidence. The guide is available for free as a download. Read an outline of the guide and access the download….
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The Information Commissioner is to be given tougher powers to regulate the Data Protection Act under proposals put forward by Justice Secretary Jack Straw on 24 November. The proposals are by way of response to the report of Professor Walport and Richard Thomas, the Information Commissioner….
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Peter Hustinx, the European Data Protection Supervisor has published his opinion in response to the EU-US final data sharing report….
The EU’s European Network and Information Security Agency has presented a new report with 13 recommendations on privacy and data protection. Tax break incentives, online subject access at zero cost, and comprehensive security breach notification law are among the recommendations….
Read More… from ENISA Outlines Privacy and Data Protection Recommendations
Each year we ask leading experts in IT law and the application of IT to legal practice to give us their predictions for the year and years ahead. Here is a preview of the predictions that will be published in December, drawn from some early responses….
Andrew Rigby looks at the likely legal issues surrounding the Government’s decision to terminate its contract with PA Consulting for breach of data security provisions in its contract….