Terence Bergin QC and Quentin Tannock use the rise and expected further development of FinTech to explore some of the legal issues that might arise from AI…
ICO Consults on Regulatory Action Policy
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published a draft regulatory action policy and seeks views on it in the period to 28 June….
Advocate General’s Opinion on Disclosure of Metadata
The disclosure of metadata may be justified in investigation of offences that do not constitute serious offences in the opinion of an Advocate General to the Court of Justice. But the special circumstances required to be present to justify an interference with the right to privacy are likely to be rare and did not apply in the instant case…
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Is Data the New DNA?
David Chaplin reports on the doubts surrounding evidential data and criminal law voiced at the recent SCL event, “When the internet of things goes to court”…
Latest Data Retention Judgment
Judgment has been given on Liberty’s application for judicial review of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, part 4 and its compatibility with EU law. The aspect of part 4 which was conceded to be incompatible was indeed declared incompatible….
Software Lock and Injunction Refusal
An intriguing High Court judgment on an application for an injunction requiring a software supplier to provide access to business software from which the customer was locked out following an alleged breach of contract…
Human Rights Judgment on Accessing IP Address Information
According to the European Court of Human Rights, police accessing subscriber information associated with a dynamic IP address breached a suspect’s human rights by failing to obtain a court order prior to access…
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New Office for SCL
SCL has moved into new office premises…
Editorial – April/May 2018
Laurence Eastham wants to see a constructive reaction to the current data protection fever to combat dangers that may arise once that fever has subsided….
IFCLA Conference 2018
The 2018 IFCLA Conference, with the title ‘The Next Tech Law Revolution’, takes place in Paris on 7-8 June. Marie Hélène Tonnellier, President of IFCLA, was asked three questions about the 2018 Conference and these are her responses….