Facebook Acquisition of WhatsApp Approved
The European Commission has approved the acquisition of WhatsApp by Facebook…
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An Evening with Tim Berners-Lee and our President
Reflecting on an evening that raised some profound questions about the future of the Web….
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Pro Bono Privacy Guidance for Megacorp
The Article 29 Working Party has spotted a neglected area that pro bono services have not reached: the mega-rich US corporation…
SCL Event Report: Big Data Masterclass
Annie Clarke reports on the SCL Big Data Masterclass, Big Data & Digital: competition, consumer protection and other challenges, which took place on 17 September 2014….
Defamation and the E-commerce Directive
The Court of Justice has given its ruling in a case concerning the interplay between defamation law and the special status given to providers of information society services under the E-commerce Directive…
Res Robotica! Liability and Driverless Vehicles
In the case of driverless vehicles, and perhaps more generally in robot law, Peter Lee and Sabrina Richards suggest that the robot laws for the 21st Century might best be inspired by the Romans…
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Google Glass Review
Kuan Hon writes about her impressions of Google Glass after a session with a demo unit…
August Trivia: The Game of Thrones Law Quiz
As T S Eliot almost said, ‘August is the cruellest month’ – everybody else is on holiday, or maybe you are just back from holiday and wondering why you bothered to return. Adam Whitfield-Jones and Joanne Frears have put together a diversion that might help lawyers who really don’t want to be lawyering at the moment….
Quantified Self and the Privacy Challenge in Wearables
Hamed Haddadi, Akram Alomainy and Ian Brown explain what the ‘quantified self’ is and identify some of the privacy risks that arise. This is one of our series of articles arising from the SCL Technology Law Futures Forum, which is still available as a podcast, at which Akram spoke….
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Personal Data Stores
The SCL Technology Law Futures Forum in June included a debate on personal data stores. One of the speakers, William Heath explains the benefits and costs and responds to some of the questions raised on the day….