Techsplainer: 5G (and a brief history of 1 to 4)

In our regular column explaining the terminology behind the tech, the SCL’s resident geek, Simon Forrester, recounts the technological history leading to 5G.

Smart Contracts: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Part 1: The Good (and a short history)

In this two part article Rachel Goss take a fresh look at the perennial question of whether smart contracts can ever work under English contract law by looking at the good, the bad and the ugly aspects associated with them. In Part 1 she provides a short history of smart contracts and a look at the good.

We need to talk

Caroline Gould, SCL CEO, thinks we should talk about wellbeing in the techlaw sector

SCL Adjudication Procedure: Update and Launch Plans

A new adjudication procedure for the resolution of technology disputes in England & Wales

Court of Justice rules VoIP services can be an electronic communications service

The Court of Justice has ruled that VoIP services that can connect to mobiles or fixed numbers can be ‘electronic communications services’ and therefore subject to the relevant regulation.

European Data Protection Board adopts final version of Guidelines on Codes of Conduct at Eleventh Plenary session

The eleventh plenary session of European Data Protection Board concentrated on codes, accreditation and certification.

The GDPR is not standing still: key developments one year on

The General Data Protection Regulation has been in force for a year. But data protection law doesn’t stand still. One year on, Martin Sloan rounds-up some of the key, ongoing issues.

The Buivids Debate: why the CJEU decision isn’t wrong and why the GDPR is out of date

In the April issue of Computers and Law, Neil Brown questioned the thinking behind the CJEU decision in Buivids. In this response Matthew Holman comes to their rescue and argues that their thinking was right but suggests we need to look for new ways to regulate individuals in today’s content sharing culture.

Techlaw News Round-up

A round-up of other techlaw news from the past week not covered separately on the site

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