9 October 2014
Copyright infringement – will football fans play ball?
2014 marks 50 years since the BBC’s Match of the Day started providing generation after generation of football fans with highlights of the weekend’s goals and major talking points. These weekend round ups, however, are no longer enough for most football fans who, fuelled by the rise in social media, demand up-to-the-minute football coverage.
22 September 2014
Cybercrime - what should your business do to protect itself?
Mornings for some consist of checking Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, work and personal email accounts before leaving the house. Throughout the day a large number of us will go on to check our bank balance, book a restaurant, do our food shopping, deal with clients, book our next holiday or train home, all online. But, do we really know how secure our data is and who has access to it?
8 May 2014
You, your data and your fridge - issues of privacy and data protection
The main focus of this blog is the challenges faced by the law to monitor and regulate the fields of privacy and data protection in an inter-connected world.
20 March 2014
Misuse of private information – anonymised tracking, profiling and targeting
Whilst the Data Protection Act 1998 and E-Privacy Directive go a long way to preventing the abuse of personal data, the regime is far from watertight. The adtech industry makes extensive use of “anonymous” tracking to study the browsing activities of consumers and then serve them relevant contextual ads.
19 March 2014
Crowdfunding: A quick guide to the new restrictions and protections
A set of new consumer protections are due to come into force on 01 April 2014.
New restrictions will apply to two types of crowdfunding- loan-based (lending to individuals or businesses in exchange for interest payment and capital repayment) and investment (equity) based (typically in Company’s in exchange for shares, debt securities or other “non-readily realisable assets”).