Sarah Hill reports on the very successful meeting of the new SCL South West Group on 14 October, which considered free and open source software…
Monetary Penalty Notice Imposed on Online Pharmacy
The ICO has imposed a monetary penalty on Pharmacy 2U for a breach of the first data protection principle, ie regarding fair and lawful processing of data….
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Annual Lecture and IFCLA
It’s still not too late to book for the SCL Annual Conference this coming Thursday (8th October). The programme covers a wide range of the current “hot topics” in Tech law. I’m looking forward to learning a lot. As well as the ideal way to catch up on Techlaw developments, the event is always a…
Book Review: The Future of the Professions
Laurence Eastham reviews the new book from joint authors, SCL President Richard Susskind and his son Daniel Susskind…
SCL Event Report: Cloud computing for financial institutions: Adopting cloud computing solutions in a regulated environment
Dawn Ying reports from the SCL seminar hosted by Mayer Brown International LLP which asked ‘Can service providers accommodate the regulatory obligations and internal procedures for the financial service industry or do banks have to reassess their expectations of the cloud?’…
Uber: High Court Declares on Taximeter Issue
The High Court has analysed the Uber system for fare calculation and has declared that it does not involve the use of a taximeter, which would have been unlawful under the Private Hire Vehicles (London) Act 1998…
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Schrems and Safe Harbor: Article 29 Working Party Statement
The Article 29 Working Party has agreed an official statement following the CJEU’s ruling in Schrems which casts great uncertainty over data transfers outside the EU…
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Geo-blocking
Chris Bridges investigates the EU Commission’s consultation on geo-blocking, which some (including the Commission) see as an obvious threat to the EU’s digital single market. Chris sees it as a lot more complicated than that….
Schrems: Safe Harbor Certainty Destroyed
The CJEU has ruled that the EU Commission’s Safe Harbor decision, that the USA ensures an adequate level of protection of the personal data transferred, is not conclusive of the issue….
Schrems: Comments and Reaction
Such has been the welter of reaction to the CJEU judgment ‘invalidating Safe Harbour’ that readers may find it useful to have a guide to some of the comments of value…