I wrote for Smashing Magazine: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2016/03/location-data-web-development-and-the-law/
EU policy
Posts on EU digital policies, regulations, and proposals.
What’s new with the European Accessibility Act
The draft European Accessibility Act would harmonise technical standards and accessibility requirements for hardware and physical systems across Europe.
EC moves against unjustified geoblocking in e-commerce
The European Council has unveiled a draft plan to ban unjustified geoblocking in e-commerce within the European single market.
A plain English guide to the EU public sector accessibility directive
Web sites and apps of public sector bodies within Europe must come into compliance with these accessibility requirements.
Brexit, the UK, and the Digital Single Market: what’s next?
One of the many questions left unanswered in the face of Brexit is the future of the UK within the EU’s Digital Single Market (DSM).
Web designers and developers, it’s (finally) time to have your say on the cookie law.
Web designers and developers are cordially invited to contribute to a group consultation response to the EU’s review of the cookie law.
Bigger, better, and brilliant: EU approves a new #a11y directive
Public sector web sites across Europe will be transformed in the years to come thanks to an improved, revamped, and rather superb EU web accessibility directive.
After Schrems, “committee speed” is no longer an option in digital law
Two different UK-based digital organisations have independently come out and said that “committee speed”, business as usual, is no longer appropriate for the GDPR.
After Delfi, the chilling effect on web site comments in Europe has begun
At WordCamp Europe I discussed what the verdict in Delfi v Estonia means for our profession. This case, which was heard in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), concerned the issue of liability for comments on web sites, and had huge implications for any web site in Europe that allows comments.
Would you like some sanctimonious claptrap?
In my work researching, writing, and speaking about digital laws, I often come across quotes from politicians and legislators which make me want to cry. Or laugh. Or stick my head out the window and scream.
Video: WordCamp Europe #WCEU presentation: European web law developments
I delivered this presentation on Friday 26 June at WordCamp Europe in Seville, Spain.
Why legislators are attacking the right to create links – and what you can do
A vote in the European Parliament on June 16 – that’s tomorrow – will determine whether Internet users like you and me can freely link to content and services of our choosing.
What’s really going on when Facebook asks you for ID
If you want to shake a German to his very core, there are three words that will do it: “Ihre papieren, bitte.”
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Video – #WCLDN Presentation: A web designer’s law update 2015
I delivered this presentation at WordCamp London on 21 March 2015.