Cyber Security – The Legal and Regulatory Landscape in the TMT Sector
According to the World Economic Forum, cybercrime is estimated to cost $445 billion globally03/05/2017
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Pre-Draft of Revised Swiss Data Protection Act published – introducing new duties on Companies doing Business in Switzerland
On 22 December 2016 the Federal Department of Justice and Police published the long expected pre-draft of the revised Swiss Data Protection Act (“DPA”)The right to be forgotten: The current and future legal framework
In the last couple of years, people have become more aware of the risks associated with placing their personal data online03/05/2017 Steven De Schrijver, Astrea, Belgium
Digital disruption in law and related legal issues
The legal industry and lawyers are very traditional in their ways of working27/02/2017 Paul Barton, Fieldfisher, United Kingdom
Sharing Economy: No Need for New Regulation in Switzerland
The Swiss government does not intend to impede new business models by implementing new regulation.27/02/2017 Rolf Auf der Maur, VISCHER, Switzerland Jonas D Gassmann, VISCHER, Switzerland
Opening and Digitalizing the Finnish Logistics Market – Transport Code
The Government of Finland has in late 2016 proposed to enact a new Transport Code, an ambitious plan to round up and overhaul various pieces of legislation covering passenger transport from taxis to public transportation as well as parcel and cargo logistics on the roadsThe Darknet: What Every Technology Lawyer Must Know
The portion of the Internet that most people generally use is only one of three layers of the Internet27/02/2017 Sheldon Burshtein, Blake Cassels & Graydon, Canada
Australian cyber-bullying legislation introduced
Australia has recently enacted significant cyber-bullying legislation. The legislation establishes the office of the Children's e-Safety Commissioner and provides for a complaints system for cyber-bullying material targeted at Australian children. It creates a two-tiered system for rapid removal of...
01/04/2015 Gordon Hughes, Davies Collison Cave, Australia
“It’s the data, stupid!”
For a long time data and information have been identified as the "basic commodity" of the "information age". But only in recent years have we started to understand their real commercial value (Google certainly helped there). Protection of personal data has a long tradition in Germany (as in...
01/01/2015 Thomas Heymann, Heymann & Partner, Germany
Hot topics for 2015 in Finnish TMT law
A Brand New Information Society Code
The Information Society Code, a major piece of legislation stringing together various existing and updated laws on communication networks and electronic communication services, has for the most part entered into force at the beginning of 2015. To a large extent,...
Current IT law trends in Germany
Currently, Data Protection seems to be the hottest topic of IT law in Germany. Even before finalisation of the revised European laws, many companies are focussing on data protection compliance and their procedures, products and services. Many trends and new technologies are related to the processing...
01/01/2015 Jürgen Hartung, Oppenhoff & Partner, China
Considerations across developed and emerging telecom markets
Introduction
Many facts, one truth: mobile network operators' profit margins and average revenue per user shrink year on year at a global level. In mature markets, differentiation is now made on the quality, diversity and technological advancement of services along with data bandwidth. In emerging...
US: Trends in the development of corporate cybersecurity law
The US is in the midst of a significant expansion of corporate cybersecurity obligations. The current emphasis on corporate cybersecurity is being fueled by several factors, including: recent high-profile security breaches of personal information, such as Sony, Target, Home Depot, and Neiman Marcus;...
01/01/2015 Thomas J Smedinghoff, Locke Lord Edwards, US
2014 Changes to Turkish internet law
With approximately 40 million broadband internet subscribers, the increasing prevalence of smart devices and the significantly high young population in Turkey; intensive use of the Internet, social media and e-commerce is rising each day. The increase of Internet usage through new technologies in...
01/01/2015 Ugur Aktekin, Gün + Partners, Turkey Begüm Yavuzdogan Okumus, Gün + Partners, Turkey
Recent developments in the TMT field - data protection
When starting off a new year it is a fitting time to summarize the past year. Our conclusion as TMT/IP lawyers is that it has been an interesting year with the growing number of exciting instructions matching progress in the internet and technology. As the title suggests we would like to give a...
01/01/2015 Agne Lindberg, Delphi, Sweden Sofia Bruno, Delphi, Sweden
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