It seemed unfair to hang on to this article from Professor Chris Marsden, another in our Tech Law Masterclass series for the October/November issue, when Internet regulation is such a hot topic. Chris looks back at the Internet’s legal history, with a view to helping us to move forward in an informed manner
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Kuan Hon analyses the EDPB’s first set of consistency opinions on national DPIA lists
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In this, the second ‘teaser’ for the Tech Law Masterclass series of articles which will appear in the October/November issue of Computers & Law, Daithí Mac Síthigh considers approaches to regulation of communications of all kinds, reflecting on lessons from the past – especially lessons about categorisation and how specific regulation should be
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An interesting new report on in-house lawyers’ attitudes to legal tech has been published by Lexis
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Cynthia O’Donoghue and Katalina Bateman report on the first tribunal case overturning an ICO fine for sending marketing emails without opt-in consent. It is a case based on the consent rules pre-GDPR
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According to the Court of Justice of the European Union, a person who publishes a number of sales advertisements on a website is not automatically a ‘trader’ but that activity may be regarded as a ‘commercial practice’ if that person is acting for purposes relating to his or her trade, business, craft or profession
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Neil Brown reviews ‘Blockchain and the Legal Profession’ and isn’t convinced…
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With a new initiative announced for the creation of the SCL Barometer, SCL Chair Mark O’Conor seeks input and engagement from SCL members to help make it an effective measure for trends in the tech industry and in the work of tech lawyers
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Laurence Eastham reflects on the SCL Annual Conference 2018, which had keynotes, panels, a conversation and flash talks
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According to the Court of Justice of the European Union, criminal offences that are not particularly serious may justify access to personal data retained by providers of electronic communications services provided that that access does not constitute a serious infringement of privacy
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