Tag: legal

Proposed EU data protection regulation

  • May 23, 2012 at 4:04 pm

  • In January, the European Commission proposed a major reform of data protection law. This morning, lawyers from Pinsent Masons took us through some of its more significant aspects. Some elements are just an evolution of the current situation, but others are very disruptive. Here I highlight those that stood out most to me. For a fuller picture [...]

Legal considerations for people responsible for websites

  • June 17, 2010 at 10:36 am

  • I’ve drawn up a legal primer for people commissioning or managing websites. This is by no means detailed or comprehensive: it is intended as a starting point and to raise awareness of the issues. I welcome feedback on anything that’s unclear or factually wrong. I’ve posted it here initially, but I may well move it [...]

Crowdsourcing legal issues for website commissions

  • May 12, 2010 at 9:51 am

  • I’m trying to draw up a list of key legal considerations for people commissioning websites. I welcome your input. There is a lot of this information littered around the Internet, but I want a simple list of key points with links to further information that I can share with people; so I thought I’d try [...]

Open Database License (ODbL) v1.0 Released

  • July 2, 2009 at 3:00 pm

  • Thanks to Gavin Wray for spotting this. “The Open Database License (ODbL) is an open license for data and databases which includes explicit attribution and share-alike requirements. “This license, the first of its kind, is a major step forward for open data. There are currently very few licenses available suited to data and databases and [...]