EU data protection authorities are not happy with Google’s responses to their questions on privacy and threaten a ‘coordinated repressive action’…
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SCL at 40: The IT Community in 1973
Richard Morgan is not only one of SCL’s longest-standing members but mirrors its development, going from IT proponent and exponent to widely respected IT law specialist. He looks back on SCL’s early days….
SCL at 40: The Middle Years
Sir Henry Brooke reflects on his involvement with SCL over the period when IT awareness was increasing and the Society itself was developing…
Podcast: “The Tale of the Twitter Joke Trial – and what next for social media and legal liability” – Wednesday 13 February 2013
A recording of a recent SCL London Group Meeting…
The Right to be Forgotten – In Everyone’s Interests
Paul Lambert writes about the positive side of the right to be forgotten and the dangers of diluting the right…
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SCL Meeting Report: The Tale of the Twitter Joke Trial
Paul Bernal reports on the latest SCL London Group Meeting, held at Preiskel & Co LLP on 13 February…
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Tamiz v Google: Court of Appeal Judgment on Defamation Claim
The Court of Appeal judgment has given judgment in respect of the claim by Mr Tamiz that he was defamed on a blog hosted by Google and that Google was liable for damages. In supporting the ruling of Eady J and rejecting Tamiz’s appeal, the Court of Appeal nevertheless opens a window for claims that Google might well have liability in some cases….
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Dubai: DIFC Data Protection Law
Fiona Tyas draws attention to new legislation which may affect those dealing with Dubai…
Free Speech: A Bit of a Nuisance
Are our concerns about free speech in social media etc overlooking an elephant in a Parliamentary Committee’s room?…
Computer Program Functionality and Copyright: SAS v WPL
David Cran and Louise Williams pick the bones from January’s, probably final, judgment in SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd…
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