Google expands the ‘right to be forgotten’, but Australia doesn't need it

Mar 07, 2016 04:03 am UTC| Law Technology

Search engines play an indispensable role in our information age. They are how we navigate the internet. Without their assistance, most of us would be lost. When access to their functionality is limited, our substantive...

Who (or what) is behind the wheel? The regulatory challenges of driverless cars

Mar 07, 2016 01:28 am UTC| Technology Law

A legal opinion by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) set the internet alight in February. The US road safety federal regulator informed Google that the artificial intelligence (AI) software...

Facebook looks set to pay more UK tax but it might not be as much as you think

Mar 04, 2016 17:55 pm UTC| Law Technology

Facebook has said it will pay more in UK taxes from 2017. The news comes hot on the heels of the much-derided settlement of Googles decade-long tax dispute with the UK tax authority. It also comes a day after it emerged...

The fight for encryption gets new allies as tech companies join Apple against the FBI

Mar 04, 2016 17:10 pm UTC| Technology Law

Apples defiance to the FBIs request to unlock the work phone of one of the San Bernadino shooters has become an all out PR and legal battle being waged on all fronts. Although the case is ostensibly about unlocking a...

Why do some 11-year-olds drink alcohol? (Hint: it's to do with their parents)

Mar 04, 2016 09:43 am UTC| Health Law

Official guidelines from the Department of Health are clear: children aged 15 or under should not drink alcohol. But they do. While the number of young people who say they drink alcohol has recently fallen, the teenage...

Your risk, my reward: is the sharing economy becoming less selfish?

Mar 04, 2016 00:08 am UTC| Insights & Views Law

In the early days of the sharing economy, players like Uber and Airbnb provided a platform for their services, but no such protection on the risks that came with them. They shifted the risk instead to the buyers side or...

Why new law banning all psychoactive substances will be just another 'war on drugs' disaster

Mar 03, 2016 15:35 pm UTC| Law Health

The recent passing of a new addition to the British statute books, which will come into effect on April 6th, is the latest in a long line of poorly drafted drug laws. The new law, to act in parallel with the Misuse of...