TechLaw 10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this week’s podcast Eric and Jonathan look at artificial intelligence. What are the legal issues around artificial intelligence? How will GDPR make an impact on the world of Artificial Intelligence? TechLaw10 is a 10-minute audio podcast update from U.S. lawyer Eric Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 25 – The one year wrap up edition
The top compliance roundtable podcast is back with a wrap up and review of the first year of the Trump Administration and its impact on the compliance profession. Stayed tuned to the end for riffs and rants in this edition. Is Jay Clayton who we thought he was? Matt Kelly takes a look at SEC Chairman Read more »
Countdown to GDPR- Episode 1 – Introduction to GDPR
Whether you are ready or not, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes live on May 25, 2018. It will impact companies doing business in the US as much as any other EU legislation. To help US companies prepare, Jonathan Armstrong and Tom Fox have started a ‘Countdown to GDPR’ podcast. In this premier Read more »
Episode 217: Beware of Surveillance Cameras (CCTV) In the Workplace
TechLaw 10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. Jonathan and Eric talk about the use of CCTV / surveillance cameras in the workplace. A recent Spanish decision led to what some feel was a surprising result when employees, who confessed to stealing, received damages when they were filmed Read more »
Client Alert: Another European Court CCTV damages judgment
Yet another recent European Court of Human Rights judgment, the case of López Ribalda & Others v. Spain (which can be found here: http://www.bailii.org/eu/cases/ECHR/2018/14.html), has highlighted the issue of the use of CCTV in the workplace. The very basic facts of the case were as follows: In 2009 a Spanish supermarket noticed irregularities between its Read more »
Episode 216: Privacy Lost – Past, Present and Future
TechLaw 10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this week’s podcast Eric and Jonathan look at a brief history of privacy. With GDPR coming in, are our concerns over personal data new or long-held? How did Harvard Law Review look at privacy issues in the 1800s and would Read more »
Everything Compliance – Episode 24 – The looking back to look forward edition
In this episode of everything compliance Cordery’s Jonathan Armstrong looks at fascinating couple of cases working their way through the English courts, the Morrison and Carphone Warehouse cases. They each have very interesting angles including the reliability of audit staff, liability of the employer for an employee’s criminal and individual criminal liability in the data Read more »
Client Alert: Carphone Warehouse fined under data breach
The UK data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued a monetary penalty to the Carphone Warehouse Limited for £400,000 on the 10 January 2018 relating to a data breach. The fine is 80% of the current maximum under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA 1998). What was all this about? Carphone Warehouse had Read more »
Episode 215: TechLaw Predictions for 2018
TechLaw 10 hosts Jonathan Armstrong and Eric Sinrod discuss legal issues related to information technology. In this week’s podcast Jonathan and Eric look at their TechLaw predictions for 2018. Jonathan looks at the prospects for GDPR with just 140 days to go before GDPR goes live. He also looks at data breach and cases like the Read more »
Client Alert: European Court CCTV damages judgment
The recent European Court of Human Rights judgment in the case of Antovic and Mirkovic v Montenegro has highlighted the issue of the unlawful use of CCTV (or surveillance cameras) in the workplace in the data protection context. The very basic facts of the case were as follows: In 2011 the two claimants, professors at Read more »