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…
CJEU Judgment on the Meaning of ‘trader’
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…
Book Review: Blockchain and the Legal Profession
Neil Brown reviews ‘Blockchain and the Legal Profession’ and isn’t convinced……
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How’s Business?
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…
CJEU Judgment on Accessing Personal Data for the Purpose of Investigating Less Serious Crime
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…
SCL Conference 18 – Flash Event Flashes Past
Laurence Eastham reflects on the SCL Annual Conference 2018, which had keynotes, panels, a conversation and flash talks…
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Hashing out the Implications of Smart Contracting under English Law
Rachel Lidgate and Charlie Morgan offer an in-depth look at smart contracts and the teasing challenges which they display…
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Negating Schrodinger’s Justice through AI Transparency
In this opinion piece, Ben Taylor explains why he believes that building transparency into AI is critical to the future of automated decision-making platforms in the criminal justice system…
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Poetry Corner – Negotiating Cloud Deals Advice
If Wordsworth was alive, he would no doubt have left Westminster Bridge and attended the SCL Conference. But, in his unavoidable absence, his muse descended on Holly Pearsall and she gave her flash talk at the Conference in verse. Here is her much discussed, and widely praised, poem in full. It needs to be read aloud to get full value….
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Delays in IT Projects and Delay Analysis
Mehmet Karakoc and Edward Williams give an overview of widely-used delay analysis methodologies in engineering projects….