The High Court has ruled on a company’s claim which asserted a proprietary right in the content of e-mails held by its former CEO…
CPD Online: Outsourcing in Financial Services Seminar
Questions arising from the SCL Seminar on Outsourcing in Financial Services held on 16 October 2012 at Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy LLP. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course Code HW/SFCL3. 1.5 hours of CPD…
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Monetary Penalty for Data Inaccuracy
The Information Commissioner’s Office has issued a monetary penalty for data inaccuracy, the first such penalty to relate to faults in data handling beyond the confines of simple data loss…
Samsung v Apple Statement: Correction now Posted
Following its much publicised hard time in the Court of Appeal, Apple has now posted a new statement to its web site. It doesn’t even mention ‘cool’….
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Data Protection Reform: House of Commons Justice Committee’s View
The EU Commission’s proposals to update data protection laws are too prescriptive, according to a new Report by the Justice Select Committee….
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Open Standards Principles Now in Force
Government bodies must comply with the ‘Open Standards Principles’ with effect from 1 November…
ICO Consultation on the Notification Process
The Information Commissioner’s Office has published a consultation on changes to the notification process that affects data controllers….
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Cyber-torts and Jurisdiction
Christelle Coslin and Pauline Blondet cover some recent developments concerning the jurisdiction of the courts over torts allegedly committed on the Internet…
Book Reviews: Three Books and a Thing and a Half
Laurence Eastham looks at three books with very different aims, and two things that may or may not be books but that cannot be separated without a close inspection….
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Case Compilation
Laurence Eastham brings together a few recent rulings of relevance to IT lawyers, covering topics as diverse as domain names, advertising standards and criminal procedure….