Dr W Kuan Hon explains the impact of the Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018…
Singapore’s worst cyber attack to-date
Darren Grayson Chng, our Singapore Associate Editor, reports on the fall out from a hack of the non-medical data of 1.5 million patients….
Online Price-fixing and EU Commission Fines
The EU Commission has fined four consumer electronics manufacturers, including Asus, for fixing online resale prices…
Latest Investigatory Powers Commencement
The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018 bring into force provisions in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 relating to bulk acquisition warrants and bulk personal datasets and, to the extent not already commenced, provisions relating to the retention of communications data….
The New European Electronic Communications Code
Mike Conradi brings us up to date on developments with the proposed EU Code, highlighting the main features of the new Code…
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The Investigatory Powers Tribunal, Bulk Data Collection and Despair
The IPT has given its latest judgment in the case of Privacy International v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Laurence Eastham thinks it is depressing….
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Can Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology Increase Privacy Protection?
There is a widely held view that blockchain and the GDPR may be incompatible. Ben Gibson suggests an approach that would increase privacy protection by virtue of the use of zero-knowledge protocols in the context of distributed ledger technology…
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NCSC Report on Threats to Legal Sector
The National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, has published a report highlighting the threats to law firms and offering guidance on combating the threats…
House of Commons Public Accounts Committee Report on HMCTS Court Reform Programme
The Committee has little confidence in the ability of HMCTS to deliver the sweeping reforms and considers the £1.2 billion modernisation programme hugely ambitious…
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First International Forum on Online Courts
SCL and HMCTS are to host the first international forum on online courts – the cutting edge of digital reform…