Sep 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
As readers of this blog might already be aware our first Director, Dr Judith Townend, has moved on to a new post at the University of Sussex. This means the Information Law and Policy Centre is now looking for a new Director… “The Institute of Advanced...
Aug 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
A reflection on what we’ve achieved to date, and a preview of what lies ahead for 2016/17 It is now 18 months since the official launch of the Information Law and Policy Centre at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. As the Centre’s first director, Dr Judith...
Aug 1, 2016 | Data Privacy, Privacy, Surveillance, Uncategorized
Andres Guadamuz, University of Sussex People have been lingering outside Boon Sheridan’s house all through the night. The designer lives in an old church in Massachusetts that has been designated a “gym” in the new smartphone game Pokémon Go. Because the game requires...
Jul 27, 2016 | Data Privacy, Fairness, Privacy, Surveillance, Uncategorized
Last week, the Advocate General published an opinion on a case brought to the European Court of Justice concerning the compatibility of the UK and Sweden’s data retention laws with EU law. In a detailed analysis, Lorna Woods, Professor of Internet Law at the...
Jul 13, 2016 | Copyright, Ethics, Intellectual property and Copyright, Internet regulation, Uncategorized
Not so long ago 3D printing was being discussed alongside the internet, file sharing and digital currencies as a sign of the beginning of an era of post-control and post-scarcity. There were fears that governments would struggle to regulate the activities of a new...
Jun 2, 2016 | Access to information, Fairness, In court, Uncategorized
The Supreme Court welcomes and informs the public, but how does an artist interpret the coded theatre of the hearings? Isobel William’s new exhibition of drawings, sketched from the public seats of the Supreme Court with the court’s permission, and other...