Social media offers many benefits to solicitors but also presents risks and challenges, according to new guidance from the Law Society of Scotland….
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In his excellent article in this issue, Andrew Tibber asks the question ‘The Defamation Bill: A Fair Balance?‘ in his title for the piece. He ends, I think with clause 5 (the web site operators’ defence) in mind, thus: ‘genuine claimants, for whom an initial cease and desist letter to a web site host or…
In this article, which originally appeared as a white paper written for and on behalf of smartlegal.it, Bill Kirby expands on his view that law firms need to look hard at the advantage that they may gain by the use of hosted IT services – and that they need to look at that option now…
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Marion Oswald reviews key provisions in the ICO’s draft code of practice on anonymisation…
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The Defamation Bill includes proposals of major interest to many advising web sites and involved in any form of hosting and publishing online. Andrew Tibber looks at the crucial proposals….
The ICO has issued updated guidance on cookies consent, reflecting its 26 May deadline for compliance…
Is Commissioner Almunia’s carrot really a rather threatening weapon?…
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The long-awaited reform of defamation has come closer with publication of the Bill. The proposed defence of web site operators will be of special interest to SCL members….
Some further details on the proposed legislation have become available, and we have initial comments…
A review of the Payment Services Directive by the European Commission provides an opportunity for Simon Deane-Johns to clarify its scope by reference to how the major card schemes actually work….
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