When intelligent people do something that looks silly, it is always worth wondering who benefits from the act…
In-app Purchases: Google is Teacher’s Pet and Apple is on the Naughty Step
The European Commission reports on progress, and the lack of it, in improving transparency on in-app purchases in online games. Reads like an end-of term report…
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CJEU Upholds Telefónica Fine
The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed the appeal of Telefónica and Telefónica de Espana against a fine of €152 million arising from it abuse of a dominant position on the Spanish broadband market…
Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill
The Government has published its draft Bill in response to the CJEU judgment on the Data Retention Directive…
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Virtual Currencies and the European Banking Authority
Simon Deane-Johns reports on the recent opinion from the European Banking Authority on virtual currencies and highlights errors in their approach…
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Virtual Currencies: EBA Publishes Opinion
The European Banking Authority has offered a view on virtual currencies. It aims to discourage involvement with them….
Tiptoeing Through the Online Jungle: The Media’s Need for Guidance
Justin Dear offers some guidelines of general application that may help those working in the media decide when it is legal and acceptable to publish photographs online…
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The Internet of Things: A Lawyer’s Guide
In the first of a series of articles arising from SCL’s hugely successful Technology Law Futures Forum, which is still available as a podcast, Alistair Maughan shines a light on the Internet of Things and the important points for lawyers to note…
Facebook Experiment: Justified Outrage
Filtering news and manipulating moods and emotions? Yep, that’s me. And probably lots of you too….
Dangers of Outsourcing by Regulated Entities
Pearse Ryan, Rob Cain and Emma Dunne recount a cautionary tale that arises from the Central Bank of Ireland’s recent imposition of a fine on an insurer for breaches of consumer protection legislation…
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