Can we can the spam?
Dr. David Wall of Leeds University asks the question we would all like to see answered with a ‘YES’….
Privacy & Data Protection
Opening up the CAN-SPAM Act
Jeffrey D. Sullivan & Michael B. de Leeuw, two New York based specialists give us the perspective of US lawyers on the CAN-SPAM Act….
A Deletion Too Far: Huntley, Soham and Data Protection
Nigel Wildish and Viv Nissanka of the Technology Law Group at Field Fisher Waterhouse discuss the deletion of Huntley’s personal data by Humberside Constabulary and its subsequent justification….
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A Positive Recipe for IT Contract Negotiations
Richard Christou, who gave the SCL 30th Anniversary Lecture, brought a unique perspective to his role. He became Chief Executive of Fujitsu Services after many years of acting as a Legal Director there and in other large businesses and he is also the author of leading texts in IT law. This is an edited extract from his lecture, focusing on just one element of a carefully linked series. The full transcript is available on the SCL site….
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Flights and Rights: Anonymisation, Data-Matching and Privacy
As the EU and US debate sharing of airline passenger information, Stewart Baker, Maury Shenk, Kees Kuilwijk, Winnie Chang and Daniel Mah of Steptoe & Johnson examine the special circumstances and the extent to which sophisticated anonymisation techniques can resolve some of the most difficult conflicts between privacy and security….
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Is Your E-mail Being Rejected?
South African attorney Dr Gerrie Ebersöhn assesses potential liability for the e-mail that gets filtered out by spam filtering software….
SCL 30th Anniversary Lecture: Richard Christou on “Thirty Years of Law in the IT industry”
This event mixed celebration with illumination. A full transcript of the lecture is now available as well as Richard Harrison’s sparkling report of the event….
Editorial
Legal Knowledge Management Group Plans for the creation of this new Interest Group are now well advanced. It is to be formed in March and the prime movers behind its creation are looking for interested SCL members to contact Caroline Gould to register their interest. Both ordinary members and those with a real commitment to…
Distance selling and IT suppliers
Mike Butler of Hammonds draws attention to the latest consultation paper and draft guidance from the OFT….
Editorial
2004 is SCL’s 30th Anniversary – and it is going to be a very positive and exciting year for the Society. The Society has two new Trustees, Kit Burden and Bill Jones, and they will bring new ideas and the backing of their considerable reputations to SCL business. There is renewed interest in the use…