Data flow is endless, branching out to vendors, affiliates and the personal mobile device of employees. Organizations must manage this data in a legally compliant manner — which is where in-house counsel come in. Corporate attorneys wear multiple hats: the investigator that understands the flow of data and potential threats to its controls; the analyzer that knows legal and contractual obligations; and the advisor that offers reasonable and practical advice.
This Opinion analyses the criteria set down in Article 7 of Directive 95/46/EC for making data processing legitimate. Focusing on the legitimate interests of the controller, it provides guidance on how to apply Article 7(f) under the current legal framework and makes recommendations for future improvements.
This article addresses latest privacy developments regarding data security.
Privacy law in Australia exists through a two- tiered system of legislation – Federal and State/Territory. The Federal legislation, the Privacy Act 1988 and the combination of its National Privacy Principles and Information Privacy Principles apply across the entire Australian jurisdiction. The States/Territories also have their own legislation, which apply both to public and private bodies, though the exact application differs between the two types of bodies. Read this article to learn more.
Learn about practical solutions that can help your organization foster responsible content sharing among employees and limit risks of copyright violations by the organization's employees.
Squire Sanders associate Oliver Howley authored an article recently published in Sports Law Administration & Practice. This article explains two landmark judgments on the scope and interpretation of copyright and competition law in the sports industry. This article is reused with the permission of Sports Law Administration & Practice.
This inaugural report highlights the current key trends and themes in the global data centre industry and provides an outlook for the data centre market in 2014.
These template website terms of use are intended for use on non-transactional, information-based websites. The terms of use are not intended for use on websites through which users can place orders for or buy goods, services or digital products. If the website permits User Generated Content (UGC), then additional "acceptable use" terms will be needed, for example, a user's undertaking that he/she will not post UGC that is defamatory, infringing or illegal, and details of the website operator's notice-and-take-action procedures.
This website privacy policy is intended for use on a website through which an online business collects and processes personal data for the purpose of account management, transactions with users and marketing. The policy is not suitable for use where the online business collects "sensitive" personal data. "Sensitive" personal data is defined in the UK's Data Protection Act 1998 and includes data about a user's physical or mental health, race, ethnicity, political beliefs, trade union membership, sexual life, or crimes committed or alleged to have been committed by the user. The purpose of the policy is to assist a data controller that is within the scope of the UK's Data Protection Act 1998 to comply with the requirement under the Act that any "processing" of personal data must be "fair". The Act applies to all data controllers established in the UK as well as to data controllers that are not established in the UK or in any other European Economic Area country but that use equipment in the UK for processing purposes.
This checklist is for use by licensees when reviewing a licensor's terms for the licence of commercially available packaged software. The checklist covers key issues that frequently arise in these types of licensing arrangements. However, it is not intended to be an exhaustive list and licensees should be careful to review all licence terms carefully. Agreements in respect of software that is to be developed or heavily configured specifically for the licensee are outside the scope of this checklist. In those circumstances, the contract is likely to (and should) contain additional detailed provisions relating to the ownership of intellectual property rights in the new software, acceptance, conformity with specification, delivery of bespoke elements and warranties. The checklist is written from a European perspective. For non-European software licences, users should ensure that they take into account relevant local law issues.