Amandeep Singh, Milan Joshi and Steve Clough explain tokenisation and how it fits into the payment ecosystem…
Domain Names: Changes to .UK WHOIS Policy
Nominet has announced changes to its policy on publishing details of ownership of domain names…
Book Review: Cloud Computing: A Practical Introduction to the Legal Issues
‘It’s amazing how they can transmit the internet through the clouds, isn’t it? What jurisdiction are they even in?’ I checked that my friend wasn’t in fact referring to Google’s Loon project or Facebook’s solar-powered drones (where these are pertinent questions[[http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/08/can-we-trust-google-with-the-stratosphere/278797/]]) and then offered to lend him this book: Renzo Marchini’s ‘Cloud Computing: A Practical…
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Data Retention: 35-year Retention Policy Upheld
The Administrative Court has ruled that a local authority’s policy of retaining child protection records for 35 years or more is lawful…
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SCL Event Report: International Management of Data Protection
Georgina Fraser reports on the meeting on 2 July hosted by Fox Williams LLP…
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Dysfunctional IT – Project Dysfunctions: A Tsunami of Change
Andrew Hooles has written a series of blog posts exploring what he describes as the five dysfunctions of IT deals (project dysfunctions, solution dysfunctions, procurement dysfunctions, relationship dysfunctions and contractual dysfunctions). In these, he aims to identify the key factors to successful IT deals and to establish a baseline for technology deals that customers, suppliers and their advisers can agree upon. This article derives from his post on what he considers to be one factor associated with project dysfunctions – change. There is a link to the series of articles at the end of this piece….
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DRIPA Unlawful
A High Court judgment has found that the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 fails to comply with fundamental rights…
SCL Event Report: Data Privacy and Online Journalism
Emma Cross reports from the SCL seminar hosted by Olswang LLP which asked ‘Has the DPA been stretched too far?’…
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Regulation, and all that…
Roger Bickerstaff sees a need for Tech lawyers to get more involved in the development of the regulation that affects their core work…
What’s the Big Deal? Big Data in the Financial Services Sector
Jonny Emmanuel considers the big questions surrounding Big Data…
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