News Archives and the Right to be Forgotten
According to the European Court of Human Rights, on the particular facts, the public’s right to access archived material online took precedence over the right of convicted persons to be forgotten…
Telecoms & the Internet
Data Protection Damages: Court of Appeal Judgment in TLU v Home Office
Lorna Skinner analyses the Court of Appeal decision in TLU v Home Office, which concerned misuse of private information and data protection and provided a further explanation of Durant…
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Is the Use of Self Deleting Apps Legally Defensible?
Karyn Harty asks an interesting question and suggests an approach that will lead to a sensible answer…
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Cases Update June/July 2018
These are brief reports of a number of cases dealt with on the SCL site over the last two months. In many cases, more detailed reports are available online, where links to full judgments are also available….
Revision of Audiovisual Media Services Directive – Video-sharing Platforms
Professor Lorna Woods brings us up to date on the developments concerning the AVMS Directive…
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Smart contracts: can code ever be law?
Hoi Tak Leung, our Associate Editor for Hong Kong and China, takes a fresh look at smart contracts and when or whether they are enforceable….
GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018: How do they impact publishers?
In the second in our series of articles on the impact of data protection in specific areas, Nicola Cain and Rupert Cowper-Coles look at publishing….
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SCL GDPR Jargon Buster
SCL launches an online resource translating essential GDPR concepts into plain English…
AI: Changing Rules for a Changed World
Terence Bergin QC and Quentin Tannock use the rise and expected further development of FinTech to explore some of the legal issues that might arise from AI…
AI: Making the UK Ready Willing and Able
Lord Tim Clement-Jones writes about the important report from the House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence which he chaired and the recommendations its Report put forward…