We asked a number of data protection experts for comment on the controversial loss of disks with details of 25 million individuals. The overwhelming reaction was that it was proof positive that greater care is needed and that a deeply ingrained cultural shift may be required in many organisations. Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas, who described…
Blog Taster: Privacy and Social Networks – Bees to the Honeypot
We are running a series of articles on the site which give a flavour of top legal blogs, with the focus on those dealing with IT law topics and the like. This posting is from Laurence Kaye on Digital Media Law, a blog about the future of digital media law from Laurie Kaye, Laurence Kaye Solicitors. Laurie has promised a donation to Children in Need for every new ‘sign-up’ to his blog….
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Telecoms and the EU: New Proposals
The EU Commission has proposed a Single European Telecoms Market for 500 million consumers…
Copy-left, -right and –centre
Duncan Spiers reports on the Scottish Society for Computers and Law’s Annual Lecture, given by Professor Eben Moglen of Columbia University, New York on the topic ‘The Global Software Industry in Transformation: After GPLv3.’…
Cobwebsites and the Bar
A survey by LawComms.com of the 22 winners of October’s Chambers Bar Awards 2007 shows that many sets are failing to take full advantage of their websites to publicise their achievement….
Editorial
Thanks to Simon Deane-Johns, SCL added another string to its bow recently with the creation of a new Group on Facebook. Andrew Sharpe has since created a very popular LinkedIn group for SCL too. One consequence is that, for the first time since the old LINK days (when every contributor to online discussions seemed to…
October / November 2007 Online Course
The CPD questions arising from the October/November issue of Computers & Law (Online course code HW/SFCL2 – 1 hour)…
Rachel Burnett is new BCS President
Long-time SCL member and major IT law figure, Rachel Burnett has become the new President of the British Computer Society…
Webinar: Forensic Investigations
CPD questions arising from the SCL seminar on Forensic Investigations, held on 16 October at the offices of Clifford Chance (Course code HW/SFCL40 – 2.5 hours)…
EU v Microsoft: Competition Wins!
Davina Garrod and Benoît Keane analyse the significance of the judgment in the long-running EU action against Microsoft….