Catherine Erkelens and Thomas Van Gremberghe cover some considerations in the interaction between the use of remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) and the new EU General Data Protection Regulation…
Blockchain 2.0, Smart Contracts and Legal Challenges
Martin von Haller Groenbaek looks at some of the basic issues concerning smart contracts. Martin is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference on the topic ‘Virtual Currencies and other Blockchain Environments’…
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The Internet of Things and Privacy: When Do Privacy Laws Apply?
John Beardwood and Mark Bowman offer some insights from a Canadian perspective into the impact of the IoT on privacy in an extract from a much longer paper The Internet of Things and Privacy: An Analytic Framework. This extract tackles one of the crucial issues. The full paper may be downloaded as a pdf from the panel opposite. John Beardwood is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference 2016….
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Cybersecurity Law and the Internet of Things
Chris James gives us a tour of the IoT and highlights the many security threats lurking within it. Chris is one of the speakers at the IFCLA Conference 2016…
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Keeping Humans at the Heart of FinTech
Simon Deane-Johns considers the interaction between technology and humans and, focusing on FinTech, looks at his hopes for innovation…
Editorial
IFCLA Special This is a special issue of the magazine. In its small way, it celebrates and provides a souvenir of a special event. I would like to add my voice to those welcoming those attending the Conference, especially those travelling from far afield. I hope the Conference goes well; I know that Roger Bickerstaff,…
CPD Online: June/July 2016 Edition of Computers & Law
Questions arising from the June/July 2016 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC43 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
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IFCLA Conference Special Issue Published
The remaining articles from the IFCLA Conference Special Issue of Computers & Law are now available online, as are its associated epub and, for SCL members, the online CPD…
Have ‘Generation Tagged’ Lost their Privacy?
Marion Oswald asks if our laws are keeping up with social media? The Supreme Court’s ‘Celebrity Threesome’ judgment means the jury’s still out….
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Book Review: How to Build a Billion Dollar App
Neil Brown reviews ‘How to Build a Billion Dollar App: Discover the secrets of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time’ by George Berkowski, a book which he had hoped would put him on the pathway to billions but probably won’t….
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