Blog posts: information technology law

Scraping, data mining and data harvesting
Submitted by Alasdair Taylor on Sat, 23/02/2008 - 03:31

Many websites incorporate data obtained from other websites. It is sometimes thought that, where the data obtained is not protected by copyright (e.g. data consisting of postal addresses arranged alphabetically) there are no legal problems. This is however a mistake: the collection and re-use of such data can present significant legal risks.
Legal area:
internet law
intellectual property law
information technology law
International transfers of personal data
Submitted by Alasdair Taylor on Sun, 20/01/2008 - 09:32

Website operators commonly transfer the personal data of their users overseas. However, the UK's Data Protection Act 1998 expressly restricts certain transfers of personal data outside the European Economic Area : “Personal data shall not be transferred to a country or territory outside the European Economic Area unless that country or territory ensures an adequate level of protection for the rights and freedoms of data subjects in relation to the processing of personal data”.
Legal area:
data protection law
information technology law