Predictions 2015: (Mainly) IT Law
This set of predictions comes mainly from those working in law firms or with specialist outlooks that make aspects of IT law central to their working lives….
Privacy & Data Protection
Editorial
This issue is dominated by predictions. I am most grateful to the many who responded to my call for predictions: you certainly entertained and intrigued me and I trust that the readers of the magazine will be similarly engaged and pleased. What was striking though was how few respondents were tempted to take up my…
VAT, Digital Content and Video Games
Jas Purewal gives his practical guide to the EU’s new VAT rules as they affect video games and digital content sales…
Predictions 2015: More Late Extras
Two more sets of predictions from our range of experts on IT law that arrived a little late for inclusion in the main run…
Monetary Penalty: New First-tier Tribunal Ruling
The First-tier Tribunal has considered an appeal against a monetary penalty imposed on an abuser of cold-calling by telephone. The tribunal supported the monetary penalty in a ruling that has wider application…
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Predictions 2015: Late Extras
Two sets of predictions from our range of experts on IT law that arrived a little later than others…
Data Protection and Home CCTV
According to the latest judgment of the CJEU, the Data Protection Directive applies to a video recording made with a surveillance camera installed by a person on his family home and directed towards the public footpath…
Consultation: Communications Data
The Home Office has published various consultation document s relating to what it describes as ‘Communications data codes of practice: acquisition, disclosure and retention’…
Declaration of Interest or Statement of the Obvious?
The Article 29 Working Party has adopted a Joint Statement of some general principles. What value does it have?…
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Predictions: Final Treats
The sixth, and possibly last, batch of predictions from our expert contributors…