Brexit, inevitably
David Chaplin, SCL Editor, reflects on the post-Brexit era for Computers & Law…
Publishing & social media
LawTech Edinburgh: connecting law and tech students
Lauren Graham, a second year law student at the University of Edinburgh and winner of the SCL’s Tech Law Challenge 2019, introduces “LawTech Edinburgh”, a group she has helped set up to bridge the gap between law and tech students and welcomes support from SCL members in the Edinburgh area….
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This Week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
Advocate General gives opinion that car rental companies do not communicate works to public Advocate General Szpunar has given an opinion in the case of C-753/18 Stim and Sami. The AG considered that car rental companies are not “users” that communicate works to the public under Article 3(1) of the InfoDoc Directive 2001/29/EC and Article…
ICO publishes final version of Age Appropriate Design Code
The code allows for a 12 month transition period once in force and should be considered at the design stage by all providers of online services….
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This week’s Techlaw News Round-Up
Online Harms Reduction Regulator (Report) Bill receives first reading in House of Lords The Online Harms Reduction Regulator (Report) Bill received its first reading in the House of Lords on 14 January. It assigns certain functions to Ofcom in relation to online harms regulation. In particular, Ofcom would prepare and publish a report containing recommendations…
Predictions: Lewis Silkin’s 2020 Tech Predictions
The team at Lewis Silkin round off our series of Predictions for the year with a set of 20 predictions for 2020 touching on folding phones, 5G, AI in sports, 3D bio-printing and more….
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EVENT REPORT: Exploring bias in AI
Kate McKenna presents some key take-aways from the recent SCL Ireland event that took place on 28 November 2019….
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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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….