Alastair Morrison looks at security and focuses on the (all too) human element that seems to create the greatest problems….
Eye Tracking Technology and Television Courtroom Broadcasting
Generally we consider the law as it applies to technology. Paul Lambert considers how one new technology, eye-tracking, might apply to law….
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Summer Blues
The summer is a time when plans for the autumn generally and for SCL are formed….
iPad – Harbinger of the Public Domain?
Neil Brown looks at copyright, copyleft, licensing and the public domain in the context of an expanding market for electronic versions of literary works….
The iPad, the Cloud and Data Protection
Jon Bloor thinks that the enthusiastic reaction of many lawyers to the iPad may have to be tempered by a cool reflection on the dangers for data security that its adoption may entail….
ICO’s View on the Street View Mistake
The Information Commissioner’s Office released a statement on 29 July giving its assessment of the data protection implications of the wi-fi data collected by Google’s Street View vehicles….
Google AdWords and Advert Text: Policy Changes
Google has announced changes in its policies on the use of trademarks in the text of adverts and on the use of trade marks as keywords. The policy changes are, at least in part, influenced by the rulings of the Court of Justice in the AdWords case and the Portakabin case….
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Online Defamation: The Need for Digital Corrections
Bob Tarantino emphasises the lesson for online publishers arising from one aspect of the Court of Appeal ruling in Flood v Times Newspapers Ltd…
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Google and France: Place Your Bets
The latest announcement of changes in policy on the acceptance of adverts for AdWords seems like a bit of a gamble….
Caveat Computer Emptor?
Julie Hamilton summarises and comments on the recent Scottish case of Durkin v DSG Retail, involving a laptop purchase from PC World and a linked credit agreement….