‘Police investigations into children sharing sexual images of themselves and others have more than doubled in two years, figures have shown.’
BBC News, 6th November 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘New rules regarding the rights and obligations that arise in relation to the deployment and maintenance of mobile phone masts and other telecoms infrastructure are “expected to take effect in December”, according to the UK government.’
OUT-LAW.com, 20th October 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘In FRAND 8 Oct 2017 I discussed the terms upon which patents for inventions that are essential to a standard are licensed. I noted that courts around the world had held that those terms should be fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory – in other words, FRAND. The Court of Appeal’s decision in Koninklijke Philips N.V. v Asustek Computer Incorporation and Others [2017] EWCA Civ 1526 (11 Oct 2017) concerned the construction of a clause licensing such patents. It is important to note, however, that none of the judges who heard the appeal mentioned the acronym, FRAND, and it appeared only twice in the judgment of the trial judge.’
NIPC Law, 13th October 2017
Source: nipclaw.blogspot.co.uk
‘A challenge to GCHQ’s use of non-specific warrants to authorise the bulk hacking of smartphones, computers and networks in the UK is starting at the court of appeal.
The case, brought by the campaign group Privacy International (PI), is the latest twist in a protracted battle about both the legality of bulk surveillance and the primacy of civil courts over an intelligence tribunal that operates partly in secret.’
The Guardian, 5th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Ofcom chief executive Sharon White has defended the telecoms regulator’s decision to put a limit on the amount of mobile spectrum an operator can control, after legal action was launched by two companies.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd October 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A hit-and-run killer has had his jail term increased after he put posts on social media from inside prison.’
BBC News, 21st September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The publisher of the Sun and the defunct News of the World has settled 17 cases of phone hacking and illegally obtaining personal information, avoiding a high-profile court case.’
The Guardian, 7th September 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The use of cloud-based communications tools by employees of public sector bodies presents challenges over the way those organisations comply with freedom of information (FOI) laws in the UK, the information commissioner has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, September 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Jennifer Kotilaine, barrister of 3PB, reflects on the various ways in which the application of children law has adapted to the internet and social media and on the further adaptations that may lie ahead.’
Family Law Week, 17th August 2017
Source: www.familylawweek.co.uk
‘A forthcoming ban on cold-callers who try to scam people out of their pension savings will include emails and texts, the government has announced.’
BBC News, 20th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Amid the noise about the introduction of data privacy reforms under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, the GDPR, less attention has been paid to the Network and Information Systems Directive. The NIS Directive calls on EU member states to introduce cyber-security requirements for “Operators of Essential Services” (OESs), with a less stringent set of obligations for certain groups of “Digital Services Providers” (DSPs).’
Technology Law Update, 16th August 2017
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘A prison officer has been jailed after she had an inappropriate relationship with a young inmate.’
BBC News, 10th August 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Plans to require BT to allow competing telecoms companies access to spare telecoms capacity, so that they can deliver rival broadband services to business customers, have been “quashed” by the UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT).’
OUT-LAW.com, 28th July 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘UK laws designed to support the deployment of new digital infrastructure have now come into force.’
OUT-LAW.com, 19th July 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘A huge haul of drugs and mobile phones has been recovered since the introduction of detection measures to crackdown on prison contraband.’
Ministry of Justice, 9th July 2017
Source: www.gov.uk
‘An abusive caller who rang 999 more than 1,800 times has been jailed.’
BBC News, 12th July 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Businesses operating in the financial services, energy or telecoms sectors are to be encouraged to report their involvement in cartels directly to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) under proposals put forward by the regulator.’
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd July 2017
Source: www.out-law.com
‘More than 200 drivers a day were caught using their mobile phones illegally in the wake of a crackdown on the practice.’
The Guardian, 29th May 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Elizabeth Hurley has received “substantial” damages and an apology from Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) over phone-hacking.’
BBC News, 17th May 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘BT faces another fine for service failures in its Openreach business, after customers for high speed ethernet lines suffered delays of more than six months.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th May 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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