Even the language of love alters according to time and place. Why should the language of the Internet always stay unaltered?…
Motor Insurers to Limit Data Exchange after OFT Investigation
Seven insurance companies and two IT software and service providers have provisionally agreed to limit the data that they exchange between them after the OFT raised competition law concerns….
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Predictions – Doggy Bag
You thought that the predictions banquet had finished; we have already had the late lingering liqueurs. But there is still more fare available, making my banquet theme creak all too obviously. These predictions come jointly from Matthew Davis and Bill Onowusah and from Paul Heritage-Redpath. They are much too good to be binned as leftovers and I am indebted to Matthew for the ‘doggy bag’ suggestion….
EU Commission Consultation on Enforcement of IP Rights
The EU Commission has launched a consultation that may affect enforcement of rights across the Internet, and beyond….
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Slippery Slope
Does the ski resort have something to teach us about IT contract formation?…
The Open Source Software Licence: the UK Perspective on Jacobsen v Katzer
At the SCL Policy Forum 2010, Clive Thorne spoke on the US judgment in Jacobsen v Katzer and looked at how this case may have been decided if heard by the UK courts. This article from Clive Thorne and Nicole Mellors reflects that presentation….
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Data Protection and Applicable Law: Article 29 WP Opinion
The various European data protection authorities have come together to offer an Opinion clarifying the rules on applicable law…
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Data Sharing Code of Practice: SCL Response
The Society for Computers and Law Privacy and Data Protection Group has submitted a stimulating and constructive response to the ICO consultation on the data sharing code of practice…
SCL in 2011
Returning from the Christmas and New Year (and snowbound) exodus I felt a distinct sense of depression around the office, with everybody glued to their laptops and avoiding any superfluous conversation. Maybe too much Christmas pudding and brandy butter (for which my mother, sadly no longer with us, had the best recipe – she once…
Predictions – Late Extras
The predictions banquet has finished but some of the best moments at such events involve late lingering liqueurs. These late predictions, from Harry Small on e-mail, cloud computing and breach of contract and from Alastair Morrison on Microsoft and SaaS, are worth reading over your Drambuie before taking the cab home….