There is lots of new legislation affecting IT lawyers as IT law penetrates every corner of life. It is not easy to keep track. Here are some of the items that have come to my attention recently (somewhat slanted to criminal practice because of work focused on that area), with the odd moan about them thrown in….
Monetary Penalty Notice for Insurance Company
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a monetary penalty notice in respect of the IT security failings of an insurance firm that led to hacked payment card details being used for fraud…
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Can We Trust Cryptocurrencies?
Mark Deem considers cryptocurrencies, trust and regulation…
Editorial
I like to think that I do curmudgeonly well. But, like Schwarzenegger doing comedy, I like the occasional stretch. I find myself currently playing the part of the uplifting and positive commentator on the way of the legal world. For while I remember a time when you could get into the pictures and buy a…
SCL Event Report: Annual Data Protection Update 2015
Alexander de Gaye reports on SCL’s Annual Data Protection Update, an event held at Fieldfisher on Wednesday 28 January 2015….
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EU Trade Secrets Directive – Be Aware, Be Very Aware
Robert Clark, Pearse Ryan and Niall Donnelly look at the latest position on trade secrets. This is an updated and fuller version of an article posted earlier….
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Cases Round-up
Data Protection and Home CCTV According to the CJEU, the Data Protection Directive applies to a video recording made with a surveillance camera installed by a person on his family home and directed towards the public footpath. The Court ruled in Case 212/13 František Ryneš v Ú?ad pro ochranu osobních údaj? that those installing domestic…
Data Protection: A Bad Day in Court for Medway
Jon Baines reflects on a recent disastrous appeal against an information notice by Medway Council…
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CPD Online: February/March 2015 Edition of Computers & Law Magazine
Questions arising from the February/March 2015 issue of Computers & Law. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL:OC28 – CPD: 1 hour 30 minutes…
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Skin in the Game
Joanne Frears wants us to consider the considerable implications of ‘skintech’ before the wrinkles start to show…