With nanotechnology we are not only moving into a new technological world but into ‘a new legal, ethical, economic, social, cultural and political one too’. The article examines the questions of value preference in this transition to the new technological…

The lack of regional confinement is the Internet’s main characteristic feature.  Due to that the determination of jurisdiction for probable third party Human Rights violations is challenging. Existing regulations are strongly related to certain territories. This essay discusses a new…

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In the recent case of Football Dataco v Sportradar, the High Court determined that questions of online jurisdiction hinge on the location of the web-server at hand.This paper aims first to highlight the flaws of this approach and, using Google's…

In recent years the use of pseudonyms as false identities over one’s actual birth name has increased rapidly. The main driver behind this growth is the Internet, where virtually every user employs at least one pseudonym. Also public legal entities…

The Digital Economy Act 2010 was hurried into existence in the dying days of the last Labour government, and contains powers designed to resist unauthorised file sharing that are due to be implemented by an Initial Obligations Code authored by…

Legislation in many countries now recognises that there is a public interest in the disclosure of wrongdoing. Not only can whistleblowers benefit their employers by offering solutions to work problems but they can play an important role in the fight…

This article looks at one of the potential for the establishment of a right to delete personal data. It asks whether a right to delete would be an appropriate, effective and proportionate tool in the context of personal data and…

In 2010, the New Zealand Government commissioned a review on the ability of New Zealand’s regulatory systems to manage the potential health, safety and environmental risks posed by manufactured nanomaterials. While some of the gaps identified by this review are…

Research thrives – indeed can hardly do without – data. It is the raw information upon which better understanding, and better knowledge is based.  Indeed one whole assumption underpinning some visions of Electronic Government – such as Wiki-Gov – is…