Internet, telecoms, and tech law decoded

1 tl;dr Without changing the very essence of the services they provide, it would be close to impossible for any service provider, anywhere in the world, which permits the posting of user-generated Read more

1 tl;dr A former client left one negative review of a law firm. The law firm sued. The court held the review was defamatory, and ordered it to be removed. The court's judgment was published, and the Read more

This is a quick comment on the Court of Appeal's judgment in the case of A and Ors, R v, relating to EncroChat. It is a comment on the judgment, and the way in which the Court applied the rules under Read more

I wrote last year about the Telecoms Security Bill. The bill, if passed, would be a significant change to the security obligations imposed on provides of electronic communications networks and Read more

1 This week saw what is, I believe, the first English judgment dealing with the territorial scope of the GDPR. This blogpost is a reminder of the rules on "territorial scope", and weaves in the High Read more

If you are preparing training or guidance, showcasing your product or service, or giving code samples, you'll often want example data, such as a phone number, email address, or National Insurance. (I Read more

1 The pandemic is getting worse, democracy in the USA seems to have collapsed, and if you have to say "you're still on mute" one more time, you'll explode. And it's only the 11th of January. Here are Read more

1 Can you believe it? I can't. decoded.legal first opened its (virtual) doors to clients five years ago today! Doing what we do, well ... We set out with simple objective: to run a tech-savvy virtual Read more