OUT-LAW Radio Podcast
1) Data protection in the Middle East
Different parts of the Middle East have different data protection regimes. Pinsent Masons experts talk through the various emerging data protection laws.
2) How new data protection audit powers might work
Data protection experts look to France for clues about how new EU rules giving data protection authorities the power to audit processes and premises might work.
3) Where will all the data protection officers come from?
New data protection laws will require many more data protection officers, but there are strict rules about who can and who can't do the job.
4) Whose law governs your online identity?
We put more and more information about ourselves online, and in Europe remain confident that strong data protection laws apply. But whose law, exactly, does control the use of information about us? An...Show More
5) EU investigates Google
We look at the European Commission's competition law investigation into Google and its biggest secret – its search algorithms.
6) UK turns its back on net neutrality regulation
We analyse the UK Government's assertion that market competition is enough to head off any problems caused by a lack of net neutrality laws.
7) Twitter's trade mark u-turn
We analyse Twitter's decision to start protecting its trade marked terms more aggressively.
8) Famed whistleblower approves of new law
We talk to Sherron Watkins, the woman credited with bringing Enron fraudsters to account, about the international reach of a new US law which guarantees payouts to whistleblowers.
9) Blacklist could spell trouble for exporters, emailers
We investigate the Government blacklist of items that cannot leave the country without its permission. Seemingly innocuous items are on the list, and it covers emailed plans as well as actual items.
10) Keeping tabs on guests
We talk to the man behind a system designed to make sure that hoteliers know when a potential guest has caused upset elsewhere. Is it in line with data protection law?