The Internet Advertising Bureau has launched a set of Good Practice Principles - self-regulatory guidelines to set good practice for companies that collect and use data for online behavioural advertising purposes.
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The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party has taken the unusual step of issuing a third opinion on the e-Privacy Directive because ‘it wishes to underline some essential concerns related to the issues raised after the first reading at the Parliament and at the Council’. Most of the Working Party’s concerns relate to the data breach notification proposals in the Directive.
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The Legal Software Suppliers Association has revised its guidelines to include new rules governing the safety, integrity and transfer of key customer data
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The ICO has published further commentary on the proposals for assessment notices, information sharing and other amendments to data protection legislation contained in the data protection aspects of the Coroners and Justice Bill
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The BERR appears to be fast-tracking ‘Action 13’, the recommendation in the interim Digital Britain Report for action on P2P and illegal file-sharing.
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On 12 February, the Government published its response to the public consultation exercise and amended draft regulations for the transposition of the Data Retention Directive.
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SCL has delivered its response to the IPO consultation © The Future: Developing a Copyright Agenda for the 21st Century
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Osborne Clarke have announced a £50 million deal with Integreon to create ‘the UK legal sector's first onshore shared services centre’
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In Data Direct v Marks & Spencer, the High Court has given judgment on the interpretation of a software licence which required substantial payments in respect of maintenance. The key phrase was the seemingly innocent ‘at the customer’s option’.
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SCL has now submitted its comments to Lord Justice Jackson’s Review.
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