PSLBlog
Commentary on legal issues arising in the worlds of e-commerce and information law, with some additional thoughts on contract drafting.
Author: "PSLBlogger" is a U.K.-based professional support lawyer from a commercial law team who specializes in information and technology law, including data protection, freedom of information and e-commerce.
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Recent Posts from PSLBlog
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Protecting privacy - why bother?
So many reasons… But companies frequently just want to know what the regulatory sanction will be if they don’t. And the Information Commissioner’s Office seems to be keen to show that it intends on keeping…
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The joy of conference calls
Legal Village, over at Legal Week, has a useful article on conference call etiquette. It includes one of my personal bugbears - punctuality! It seems that there is an expectation that people will be late…
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Disasters and Force Majeure
I’ve always been puzzled about the use of force majeure clauses in the context of disaster recovery agreements. How can a clause which excuses non-performance when there is something going on beyond the reasonable control of…
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Unfair terms in consumer contract guidance - Consultation
The OFT is consulting on revisions that it has made to its guidance on the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999. The guidance makes interesting reading and is a godsend for those of us…
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Presentation Skills
Is it time to dump powerpoint? Many advanced presentation skills courses suggest that you should consider it, but many of us still use it in all our client-facing training. I agree with this post -…
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Information commissioner Richard Thomas reinstated until June 2009
Reports are that Richard Thomas will be continuing as Information Commissioner until his 60th birthday - I think that this provides some welcome consistency to the world of data protection and freedom of information, and…
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Enforcement action by the ICO
Back in February, the Information Commissioner’s Office issued its first practice recommendation under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 against Nottingham City Council for failing to have adequate procedures in place for the implementation of…
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Is decision-making “processing” under the Data Protection Act?
The case of Johnson v Medical Defence Union has hit the Court of Appeal, with Mr Johnson still pursuing a claim for breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to the processing of…
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Human rights infringed by monitoring
In this case from the European Court of Human Rights, an employee from a UK College was subjected to monitoring of telephone, email and internet use. There was no policy in place at the relevant…
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Glossophobia…
…or the fear of public speaking (no - I didn’t know that either. I found it here - http://www.phobialist.com/, and apparently it’s from the Greek glosso-, meaning tongue, and phobia, fear or dread. Anyway, in…