Profiling and Automated Decision-making under the GDPR
Will Robertson and Elliott Prentiss look at two areas that throw up particular issues under the GDPR…
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Society & Justice
Surveillance and Bulk Data Retention Judgment from the European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has given judgment in a case brought to challenge elements of surveillance applying under the RIPA 2000. Although technically finding against the UK, it does not appear to materially affect the current surveillance regime…
Artificial Intelligence: Who’s to blame?
Lynn Richmond looks at the way we apportion blame in law and the need for a reconsideration of the relevant law in the light of the development of AI. She goes on to bring the issue close to home by considering the liability of lawyers in the future AI-influenced practice of law…
Commons Select Committee’s Interim Report on Disinformation and ‘fake news’
In a first interim report in its Disinformation and ‘fake news’ inquiry, the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee has issued a series of stark warnings and made a series of recommendations….
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Online Price-fixing and EU Commission Fines
The EU Commission has fined four consumer electronics manufacturers, including Asus, for fixing online resale prices…
Can Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology Increase Privacy Protection?
There is a widely held view that blockchain and the GDPR may be incompatible. Ben Gibson suggests an approach that would increase privacy protection by virtue of the use of zero-knowledge protocols in the context of distributed ledger technology…
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Time to get Technical? Revolutionizing the (Deplorable?) System of Internet Governance
This entry to the SCL Student Essay Prize earned Viraj Ananth the runner-up spot. It is a challenging and original take on the set question, which concerned the relative importance of law and ISP action in enforcement on the Internet….
SCL Student Essay Prize Winning Entry: Is Law or ISP Action Key to Internet Enforcement?
This is the essay which won the SCL Student Essay Prize for 2018 for Alvin Cheung on the set topic ‘Are state legislation and case law, or Internet Service Provider action, more important to the enforcement of rules on Internet users? Discuss with respect to key internet platforms’ Terms of Service and privacy policies.’…
Automated Decisions Based on Profiling: Information, Explanation or Justification –that’s the Question!
Prof. Lokke Moerel and Marijn Storm join and considerably enhance the debate on the rights and duties that arise in law where automated decisions are made…
Sir Henry Brooke – A Tribute
Richard Susskind, current SCL President, offers a tribute to past president, Sir Henry Brooke CMG PC…