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Safety first the rule for driverless buses: Faculty
Consultation response flags twin aspects of passenger safety

Which bodies should share debt and fraud data? Ministers consult
Scottish authorities to be named for Digital Economy Act powers

MSPs look into facial recognition and call for views
Justice Committee to scrutinise police use of ID technology

Google iPhone class action given go-ahead after appeal
Judges rule data of value taken without consent

Inksters launches "plug and play" network to support expansion
Solicitors invited to discuss joining "hub and spoke" model

"Right to be forgotten" does not extend globally, CJEU rules
Court rejects attempt to force Google to remove search results globally

Society recognises Insight Legal Software as approved supplier
Company continues to grow in Scotland and UK

25 April start date confirmed for Civil Online
Digital lodging and hearing of simple procedure cases to become reality

Court users invited to new Civil Online demonstration sessions
New system will permit online submission of case papers

Fintech will require imaginative legal solutions: Lord Hodge lecture
Supreme Court Justice highlights issues AI creates for the law

Data privacy rights need international good practice standards: Society
Response calls for industry to be proactive

Will automated vehicles disclose cause of accidents? Faculty asks
Consultation response suggests IT advances will make processes opaque

Society agrees partnership deal with tech supplier Amiqus
ADR support among products to be developed jointly

MPs investigate human rights threat from private company data use
Evidence invited on whether action needed

Society to lead legal tech trade mission
November delegation to visit Austria and Switzerland

Society's LawscotTech scheme will team solicitors with IT experts
Initiative designed to stimulate legal IT innovation

Mass data misuse action against Google dismissed in High Court
Inadequate case that damage suffered, judge rules

Take down terrorist content in 60 minutes or be fined, EU to propose
Draft regulations promised covering social media sites

Society updates solicitors' cloud computing guide
Revisions include data protection and GDPR

Society publishes solicitors' GDPR guide
Booklet sets out steps to comply with new EU law

High Court holds part of Investigatory Powers Act unlawful
Powers over data storage and access a breach of privacy

Appeal court upholds "snoopers' charter" ruling against Government
Powers to collect internet and phone activity records held unlawful

ICO launches practitioner data protection excellence award
New scheme anticipates arrival of GDPR

Be ambitious and grasp IT opportunities, Dorrian tells court lawyers
Public "expects electronic court processes": conference address