The Court of Appeal has given judgment in a case alleging that a trade association owed a duty of care to a user of its Web site who relied on the representations there. The case may require a careful reconsideration of disclaimers on any Web site seen to be giving advice and should spark debate on the reliance that can be placed on information on Web sites….
Health Data , Railways and the Moon
The recent exchange in The Times between David Davis MP and Google’s Peter Fleischer is likely to obscure rather than enlighten. Is health data really suitable material to be entrusted to private companies?…
Working of Patents in India
Aparna Kareer and Sumathi Chandrashekaran give a legal overview of one factor which is crucial for those involved with IT in India or IT-enabled services in India….
The Semantic Web: Legal Challenges
Brian Harley, Philip Nolan, Liam Ó Móráin and Mark Leyden tease out, from the current state of the emerging technologies, what legal challenges those involved in the development of the Semantic Web and its applications need to be aware of. They also give lawyers who are not familiar with the Semantic Web a glimpse of the potential and pitfalls that these exciting new technologies present….
IPO Approves Software Patent
Simon Elsegood, Tasmina Goraya and Alasdair Poore consider the background to, and the possible implications of, a recent decision by the UK’s Intellectual Property Office on the patentability of computer software….
Defamation and Search Engine Liability
Laurence Eastham briefly reports a case where Google has defeated an attempt to land it with liability for allegedly defamatory content appearing in the snippets that come with its search results….
CPD: Online CPD questions from the Professor Daniel Solove Lecture: The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet
These are the questions arising from the lecture given by professor Daniel Solove on 25 June 2009. SCL Online CPD Scheme – Course code HW/SFCL29 – 1 hour…
Latest ICO Comment on New Data Protection Proposals
The ICO has issued a memorandum on the Government amendments to the Coroners and Justice Bill introduced in the House of Lords….
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EU Commission Consultation on Data Protection
The EU Commission has begun a ‘Consultation on the legal framework for the fundamental right to protection of personal data’…
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Consult, Divide and Rule?
Am I missing something about the latest EU Commission consultation on data protection? Or are they?…