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Safety first the rule for driverless buses: Faculty
Consultation response flags twin aspects of passenger safety
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Which bodies should share debt and fraud data? Ministers consult
Scottish authorities to be named for Digital Economy Act powers
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MSPs look into facial recognition and call for views
Justice Committee to scrutinise police use of ID technology
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Google iPhone class action given go-ahead after appeal
Judges rule data of value taken without consent
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Inksters launches "plug and play" network to support expansion
Solicitors invited to discuss joining "hub and spoke" model
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"Right to be forgotten" does not extend globally, CJEU rules
Court rejects attempt to force Google to remove search results globally
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Society recognises Insight Legal Software as approved supplier
Company continues to grow in Scotland and UK
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25 April start date confirmed for Civil Online
Digital lodging and hearing of simple procedure cases to become reality
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Court users invited to new Civil Online demonstration sessions
New system will permit online submission of case papers
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Fintech will require imaginative legal solutions: Lord Hodge lecture
Supreme Court Justice highlights issues AI creates for the law
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Data privacy rights need international good practice standards: Society
Response calls for industry to be proactive
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Will automated vehicles disclose cause of accidents? Faculty asks
Consultation response suggests IT advances will make processes opaque
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Society agrees partnership deal with tech supplier Amiqus
ADR support among products to be developed jointly
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MPs investigate human rights threat from private company data use
Evidence invited on whether action needed
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Society to lead legal tech trade mission
November delegation to visit Austria and Switzerland
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Society's LawscotTech scheme will team solicitors with IT experts
Initiative designed to stimulate legal IT innovation
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Mass data misuse action against Google dismissed in High Court
Inadequate case that damage suffered, judge rules
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Take down terrorist content in 60 minutes or be fined, EU to propose
Draft regulations promised covering social media sites
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Society updates solicitors' cloud computing guide
Revisions include data protection and GDPR
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Society publishes solicitors' GDPR guide
Booklet sets out steps to comply with new EU law
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High Court holds part of Investigatory Powers Act unlawful
Powers over data storage and access a breach of privacy
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Appeal court upholds "snoopers' charter" ruling against Government
Powers to collect internet and phone activity records held unlawful
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ICO launches practitioner data protection excellence award
New scheme anticipates arrival of GDPR
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Be ambitious and grasp IT opportunities, Dorrian tells court lawyers
Public "expects electronic court processes": conference address