There have been a number of interesting developments in data protection andinformation law generally since this column last appeared. Some are not strictlydata protection but are so closely linked that they deserve a mention. The Information Commissioner and the FOIA To start with a change of name: on 30 January, two months after the Freedomof…
Backbytes
Watford Junction The Court of Appeal’s seismic division in Watford Electronics v Sanderson is discussed in depth by Margaret Harvey and Nick Rudgard of Addleshaw Booth at p24 of this issue. Earthquakes imply aftershocks and adjustments. The importance of the decision can only be qualified by recalling the uncanny ability of the judicial process to…
SCL’s Boot Camp 2001
The SCL first Boot Camp on 2nd to 4th February was an enormous success. Joanne Ashley tells you what you missed….
Database Right Infringement
Lou Marshall of The Simkins Partnership reports on a new case on database infringement….
The Balance between Technology and the Law
Internet use provides a wide range of organisations with a wealth of information about the individual user. James Catchpole looks at a new survey and its implications….
Beware: Computer Evidence Quicksand
The case of Sergeant Gurpal Virdi, accused of sending racist hate mail to ethnic minority police officers including himself, casts light on current practice in the treatment of computer evidence….
Human Rights and IT – 3The European Dimension
Iain G. Mitchell QC and Ewan McIntyre of Robson McLean WS report on the third in the Scottish Society of Computers and Law’s series on Human Rights and IT at a meeting on 18 January at the Mackenzie Building of the Faculty of Advocates….
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What Madeline Smith Did in the Bushes
John Sibbald reports on the newly constituted Scottish Society for Computers and Law’s first meeting held at the Law Society of Scotland on 14 December – a joint meeting with the Scottish Law Agents Society….
SCL Wales
The expansion of the SCL is continuing with the prospect of a new local group in Wales. Lee Fisher explains the needs for the group and its aims….
SCL in Ireland
A new chance to join an SCL Group beckons. Niall O’Neill describes the Irish initiative….