Data Protection
The Singapore Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) is going to
make some significant changes to the way in which organisations
must manage personal data - and we now know when the new rules will
come into effect.
21 May 2013
Data Protection
Security breach remains a hot topic, and data security measures
are at the heart of the new guidance.
21 March 2013
Technology
The Joint Committee, made up of MPs and peers, has
published its report on the Draft Communications Data Bill, a bill
which proposes to extend the obligations of communications service
providers ("CSPs") to provide law enforcement agencies with
greater information in relation to individuals' communication
activities. The committee criticised the bill as being
"too sweeping", calling for a redraft, along with a new round of
consultation, in order to better address the balance between
providing data that will help to tackle serious crime, whilst
protecting the privacy of law-abiding citizens.
19 December 2012
Technology Outsourcing
Part 2 of our ongoing Technology and Outsourcing Hot Spots
Series discusses issues relating to the performance of technology
and outsourcing contracts.
31 October 2012
Start-ups
On Friday 28 September the Berlin office was transformed into a
broadcasting hub when the FridayatSix team set up camp on the
sixteenth floor. Never one to do things by halves, Olswang not only
agreed to host the show, but more ambitiously, to air it live from
the dizzying heights of the rooftop terrace.
16 October 2012
Annual Review
Payments via mobile phone have the
potential to revolutionise the retail industry, transform customer
service and boost the reach of location-based advertising.
But the success or failure of the
concept rests in the hands of the consumer.
Olswang's Annual Review looks at
m-payment and other trends in the Technology, Media, Telecoms and
Real Estate sectors across Europe and Asia.
15 October 2012
Data Protection
The plain English guide, aimed as much at IT professionals as
well as their legal advisers, provides a welcome high-level
analysis of how to apply data protection rules to various types of
cloud deal.
02 October 2012
Pensions
Over the past few years, the ballooning deficit of defined benefit corporate pensions schemes - largely created by increasing life expectancy - has been compounded by the economic and financial crises which have resulted in the value of pension schemes' assets going down - changes to legislation and the regulatory landscape have also affected the size of deficits and the funding implications for companies.
20 June 2012
Technology
Companies are increasingly turning to specialist agencies to manage their social media channels and monitor online conversation about their brands; but what about the risks of outsourcing a function that has the ability to go wrong - at break-neck speed?
07 June 2012
Singapore
Given our position as the only TMT focused law firm in South East Asia, when the opportunity came to attend the Asia Pacific Pay-TV Operators Summit (APOS) at the end of April, we didn't hesitate to RSVP.
31 May 2012
Data Protection
The EU requirement for consent to use of website cookies has been in force in the UK since May 2011, but the ICO recognised that businesses needed a lead in time to devise workable consent mechanisms. That amnesty is now at an end, and the ICO has stated that it expects website owners to have complied, or to be able to demonstrate "sensible, measured action to move to compliance."
25 May 2012
Technology
Facebook will obtain such vast corporation tax deductions from its recent IPO that it may avoid paying any US corporate income tax for many years.
22 May 2012
Technology
As part of Olswang's industry leading +Technology event series, Phil Smith, CEO of Cisco UK & Ireland looks at the issues and impact of tablet and smartphone devices on conventional top-down models of information use and technology management in business.
08 May 2012
Technology
As part of Olswang's industry leading +Technology event
series, Work +Technology an event run in association with Lloyds
Bank (8 May 2012) looks at the extraordinary rise and impact of
tablet and smartphone devices on conventional top-down models of
information use and technology management in business.
08 May 2012
Games
In this video, Clive Gringras, Partner and Head of Technology at Olswang, explains how Olswang helped Microsoft protect its innovation on Kinect, a motion sensing input device that enables gameplay not through a handset, but through full body mapping and spoken commands.
04 May 2012
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