ICO consults on draft direct marketing code of practice
The consultation ends on 4 March 2020 and the final version will be published later in 2020….
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Privacy & Data Protection
European Data Protection Supervisor publishes opinion on data protection and scientific research
Opinion opens up debate on how a special regime to enable research should operate in the light of the GDPR…
Resolutions 2020: Introducing the SCL Trainees Group
Bertilla Chow introduces the SCL’s new Trainees group and sets out what they seek to achieve next year…
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Predictions 2020: There is always work for undertakers
Professor Chris Marsden thinks there will be a mini-cyberlaw boom as we adjust to the post-Brexit era….
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Video Predictions: What’s in store for ISP & telcos in 2020?
Neil Brown, of decoded:legal, looks at what’s ahead for ISPs and telcos in 2020 touching on online harms, blocking pornography and surveillance regulation….
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Cybersecurity for Lawyers: 4 – Your email
In the last of our current run of “Back to Basics” articles, adapted from the Cybersecurity for Lawyers wiki he has recently started, Neil Brown explains how to secure your email communication secure….
Standard contractual clauses are valid for the transfer of personal data says Advocate General
Advocate General questions validity of privacy shield but advises Court not to rule on it….
This week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
CMA announces that Amazon’s Deliveroo investment raises competition concerns The Competition and Markets Authority has said that Amazon’s investment in Deliveroo raises serious competition concerns for UK customers that may require an in-depth investigation by the CMA. While Amazon would not take full control of Deliveroo’s business, the CMA has assessed how the deal could…
CJEU: sale of second-hand e-books via a website is a communication to the public
Case arose from defendant providing access to second hand e-books to a ‘reading club’…
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Predictions: The rise of new regulation to deal with anonymous persons who can hide behind instruments like blockchain
Katie Simmonds and Andy Parsons from Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP see that blockchain and GDPR may not be compatible….