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Processing Anonymous Data

April 30, 1998

It was generally assumed that data which did not identify individuals fell outside the scope of the Data Protection Act 1998 and therefore the restrictions imposed on the use of “personal data” did not apply. However, recent legal guidance issued by the UK Information Commissioner has thrown this into doubt. Partner Nigel Wildish and assistant Marcus Turle, of the IT & E-commerce group at City law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse, discuss why data controllers may have to rethink how anonymous data are handled….

The Right of Oblivion, Data Culling and Conservation – Charting the Development of the Fifth Principle

April 30, 1998

From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. Only the quote is from Dryden, the article is from Jeremy Warner of the University of Strathclyde. He undertakes an in-depth study of the development of the principle….

Privacy and Data Sharing Implications of E-government: An Analysis of the PIU Report

April 30, 1998

Last April the Performance and Innovation Unit, one of Whitehall’s most influential bodies, produced a report entitled “Privacy and data-sharing, the way forward for public services” (PIU report). The report took two years to write and its aim was to provide a ‘new strategic approach’ to the use of personal data held by the public sector. But there are some significant limitations in the report, not least poor analysis of the legal issues. Sarah Williams of Masons feels that questions remain about how the exchange of information can be justified and what the implications for privacy rights will be….

Offshore Outsourcing – Learning From Experience

April 30, 1998

In the wake of the offshore outsourcing phenomenon, Peter Hall, Bill Jones, Kevin Lowe and Patrick Brodie, partners at Wragge & Co LLP, look at the various structures that might be considered. The article looks especially at India and the special considerations, and tax breaks, which apply there….

What Every Technology Lawyer Needs to Know about IT Security

April 30, 1998

Kit Burden explains why IT security matters, or should matter….

Legal Aspects of Information Security Management

April 30, 1998

In internet commerce[1] where technology risks such as systems failure or attacks are particularly accentuated and the “risk turnaround time” is much faster, the need to design and develop a proactive and structured legal protection regime has become a corporate imperative. Zaid Hamzah points the way forward in designing and developing a legal risk management system in Internet commerce at both the strategic as well as the operational level that would protect enterprises from legal problems that might flow from information security risks….

Computers and the Law – New principles or the same principles in a different context?

April 30, 1998

Professor Ewan McKendrick gave a lecture to the SCL London Group on 22 September covering certain developments in contract law as they affect IT lawyers. This is the edited text of that lecture. SCL is grateful to him, both for granting permission for the text to be made available on the Web site and for the considerable work involved in converting that text into this form. SCL is also grateful to Wordwave for its transcription of the lecture….

Transferring data through model contracts: original clauses v alternative clauses

April 30, 1998

Eduardo Ustaran considers the required safeguards in contracts concerning transfer of data abroad…

Challenges to Database Information Retrieval – Do We Need a World Information Treaty and Tribunal?

April 30, 1998

Catherine Colston looks at the problems with database information retrieval and suggests a way forward….

IT and the London Civil Courts

April 30, 1998

This article is an edited version of Lord Justice Brooke’s lecture to the London Solicitors Litigation Association….