Keeping Humans at the Heart of FinTech
Simon Deane-Johns considers the interaction between technology and humans and, focusing on FinTech, looks at his hopes for innovation…
Telecoms & the Internet
IFCLA Conference Special Issue Published
The remaining articles from the IFCLA Conference Special Issue of Computers & Law are now available online, as are its associated epub and, for SCL members, the online CPD…
Blockchain 2.0, Smart Contracts and Legal Challenges
Martin von Haller Groenbaek looks at some of the basic issues concerning smart contracts. Martin is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference on the topic ‘Virtual Currencies and other Blockchain Environments’…
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The Internet of Things and Privacy: When Do Privacy Laws Apply?
John Beardwood and Mark Bowman offer some insights from a Canadian perspective into the impact of the IoT on privacy in an extract from a much longer paper The Internet of Things and Privacy: An Analytic Framework. This extract tackles one of the crucial issues. The full paper may be downloaded as a pdf from the panel opposite. John Beardwood is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference 2016….
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Cybersecurity Law and the Internet of Things
Chris James gives us a tour of the IoT and highlights the many security threats lurking within it. Chris is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference 2016…
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IFCLA Conference 2016: Special Issue Articles
More articles from the special issue of Computers & Law for June/July, which aims to bring the essence of the major Conference, IFCLA 2016, which is being hosted by SCL…
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Book Review: Gringras: The Laws of the Internet
Annabelle Gold-Caution reviews the Fourth Edition of Gringras: The Laws of the Internet by Dr Paul Lambert, ISBN: 9781847668943 Pub date: January 2016 Format: Hardback Extent: 672pp Price: £175. Also available in epub and pdf formats at £169.99…
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DSM: Proposals for New E-commerce Rules
The European Commission has moved one stage on in its proposals for the Digital Single Market (DSM) and published its latest proposals…
Is Big Data Ignoring the Rules?
It has been announced that the Royal Free NHS Trust has disclosed patient health data to Big Data company DeepMind, owned by Google. DeepMind and similar companies are seeking to expand BigData commercial applications, products and services into the hospital (and home) health markets. Dr Paul Lambert considers some of the data protection issues….
Protecting Privacy in a World of Big Data: The Role of Enhanced Accountability
Bojana Bellamy and Markus Heyder consider the role that the concept of enhanced accountability can play in creating a sustainable data-driven economy and information society. Bojana is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference on the topic ‘Data Protection – Compliance in a Heavily Regulated Environment’…
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