Quentin Archer, Winston Maxwell and Christopher Wolf summarise the key findings from a recent analysis of the powers of governments to access data held in the Cloud…
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Good Faith in Commercial Contracts: Swimming Against the Tide
Iain Munro considers the implications of the Court of Appeal decision in Compass Group v Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust and the judgment’s effect on interpretation of IT contracts…
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Scooters Sales: OFT Frees Online Sales
The Office of Fair Trading has issued a decision in a case concerning restrictions on online sales of mobility scooters…
Monetary Penalty for Bank of Scotland
The Bank of Scotland has been issued with a monetary penalty by the Information Commissioner’s Office after a series of faxes were sent to wrong numbers over a three-year period…
Celebrity Images: Lessons from Rihanna’s T-shirt
Ashley Hurst and Iona Millership explain how Rihanna has provided a boost for celebrity endorsement on social media…
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E-crime: Commons Committee Report
The Home Affairs Committee published its Report on e-crime on 30 July 2013….
Employee Misuse of LinkedIn Contacts
Stephen Musgrave looks at a High Court judgment that resulted in an injunction being granted to restrain ex-employees from using LinkedIn contacts…
Understanding the Global Risk of Cybercrime
Stewart James seeks to widen awareness of cybercrime issues and counsels the need to consider the real threat cybercrime poses when advising business clients…
Augmented World
For years sci-fi writers have anticipated a world overtaken by technology, which augments the human experience of reality, whether for the good of the community or for more sinister corporate or security purposes. So what is ‘augmented reality’? Will it really change our lives and is it all that important for lawyers to know about it? In a short series of articles, Joanne Frears explores the subject based on her personal experiences helping some of the most cutting edge AR providers in the world….
Book Review: Data Protection Law & Practice
Kuan Hon reviews the latest edition of Data Protection Law & Practice by Rosemary Jay (4th edition (2012), Sweet & Maxwell (hardcover), £245)…