A personal injury worker has been prosecuted for illegally obtaining patients’ details….
Goodbye SAS70, Hello SSAE16
Kevin Boyle and Brian Meenagh look at important changes in US auditing standards and their effect on many IT contracts…
Cross-border Online Access to Orphan Works
The EU Commission has published a proposal for a new legal framework governing online access to orphan works contained in libraries and archives…
The Reality of Service Credits
Michael Harvey offers a challenging view, from an in-house IT lawyer’s perspective, on service levels and service credits. His article provides a valuable insight for those involved in outsourcing contracts, whether acting for customers or suppliers. These are the views of the author and not necessarily those of his company….
Spy on the Spanners
Big brother is watching you – do you care?…
Hargreaves and a Scent of Direction
The Hargreaves Review may have good ideas but will they reach their destination. Is it time to worry less and realise that we are almost there already?…
Geolocation: Consent Bombshell from Article 29 WP
Nobody doubted that geolocation data was subject to data protection restrictions but the level of consent that the Article 29 Working Party think is required might be something of a shock….
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Communications Bill 2013: DCMS Review
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport has begun a long-term review of the need for reform to legislation affecting the communications sector…
Hargreaves Review Published
Digital Opportunity, the report from the review group chaired by Professor Ian Hargreaves, has now been published….
Copycats? The Pitfalls of P2P Allegations
Andrew Horrocks and Benjamin Craven draw lessons from the Media CAT debacle…