Are emails and texts going to be supplanted by social media sites….
Appy Talk
This article from Dr. Daithí Mac Síthigh on the regulation of apps, with its special focus on Apple’s own approach, gives the flavour of his much praised presentation at SCL’s 6th Annual Policy Forum held in September 2011….
Photograph Copyright and Web Breach – Not Such Innocent Infringement
Jill Bainbridge and Ben Evans examine the lessons from a recent case, Hoffman v Drug Abuse Resistance Education (UK) Ltd, and underline the useful guidance it gives on quantum…
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SOPA and Network Architecture
Surely SOPA and PIPA are just bills that would create US legislation. So why are people outside the USA protesting about them? Andrés Guadamuz explains….
Disclosure of Username Data: Patel v Unite
The High Court has ordered a trade union to allow an independent expert access to their database and prepare a report for a claimant in an action involving allegedly defamatory postings on a forum….
Data Protection Reform, The Cloud, and Millard
Well respected expert Christopher Millard has commented on the data protection reform package and its implications for cloud computing…
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ICO Lays New Guidance before Parliament
The ICO has laid its latest monetary penalty guidance before Parliament…
Commission Opens Anti-trust Proceedings against Samsung
The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into whether Samsung has used certain patent rights to distort competition in European mobile device markets…
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EDPS Survey of EU Institutions’ Compliance with Data Protection Requirements
The EDPS general survey shows that EU institutions and bodies have different levels of data protection compliance. Some are no better than they should be…
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Right to Be Forgotten vs Need to Be Remembered
Arnold Roosendaal asks if we are asking the right question about the so-called right to be forgotten: ‘Why are some organisations collecting so much information anyway?’ This article was written to summarise the issues raised in his talk at SCL’s 6th Annual Policy Forum held in September 2011….
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