High Court quashes conviction for “annoying tweets”
Annoying tweets not improper use of a public communications network, says High Court.
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Annoying tweets not improper use of a public communications network, says High Court.
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New Code seeks to clear up some misconceptions and myths about data sharing.
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Darren Grayson Chng, in the fourth and final part of a series, explores the background to forthcoming changes to the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act.
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European Commission wants terrorist content removed from websites within one hour.
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EDPB issues Brexit statement describing the main implications of the end of the transition period for data controllers and processors as part of plenary session.
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Law Commission has launched a call for evidence on smart contracts as “Smart contracts promise to revolutionise the way we do business, but parties might not yet be certain how the law will apply to them. We believe there is a compelling case for reviewing the law in this area”
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Irish DPC fines Twitter €450,000, HM Treasury launches call for evidence on VAT and the Sharing Economy, PSA issues notice on country of origin principle, and more in this week’s round-up of techlaw news from the past week.
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Committee wishes to explore digital trade, data security and privacy, the environmental impact and relevant laws.
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Law Commissions say ”proposed legal framework will ensure that this technology can be safely deployed, whilst the flexibility built into the rules and regulations will allow us to keep up with advances in the technology”.
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A lightly festive December issue of Computers & Law has just been published.
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