29.10.2020
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
Google v. Oracle, the copyright dispute of the decade
This month saw the long-awaited hearing before the US Supreme Court between two tech giants - Google and Oracle. This copyright dispute of the decade, as it is often referred to by the media, began in 2010, following the acquisition of Java creators Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation. The outcome of the dispute could have [...]
22.10.2020
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
Protecting children's privacy - will we follow the UK's lead?
On 2 September 2020. The ICO (Information Commissioner's Office - the UK equivalent of the Polish UODO) published a code for online services on age-appropriate design. It aims to ensure that the Internet becomes a safe place for children to learn and play, even though it was created as a tool for adults. The idea [...]
08.10.2020
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
Digital accessibility - from paper to digital Poland
Making public information accessible to people with disabilities is a major challenge for public entities, especially at a time when most information is available on a computer or a smartphone. Public websites are often an insurmountable barrier for people with disabilities. Lack of transcription of multimedia materials or appropriate keyboard shortcuts sometimes even prevents them [...]
13.03.2020
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
The White Paper, or how the European Union deals with artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the new electricity. Its development is a change that leads to a complete redefinition of human life in every aspect of it. From a legislative point of view, are we ready to function in an artificial intelligence environment? Do we have adequate legal means which, on the one hand, will protect us [...]
02.03.2020
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
AI - artificial intelligence - is there anything to be afraid of?
There is probably no day for the press not to write about artificial intelligence (AI). AI has become fashionable, some see it as hope, others are afraid of it. And how does AI look from a legal perspective? In recent weeks we have read both about the fact that Alex ("intelligent" Amazon speaker), in response [...]
13.06.2019
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
GDPR and the latest developments in the Polish Labour Code
On 4 May 2019, the provisions of the Act amending certain acts in connection with ensuring the application of the GDPR entered into force. This 'Act implementing the GDPR’, which is intended to ensure the correct application of the GDPR in Polish legislation, amends around 170 acts to the extent that these acts address the [...]
19.10.2018
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
The law has never kept up with technology
When we talk about new technologies we often intuitively think about the future, the Silicon Valley, technological start-ups. These natural associations are obviously correct but highly insufficient. Leaving aside the philosophical and scientific considerations concerning the nature of the future, with Albert Einstein’s famous statement that the difference between the past, present and future is [...]
14.06.2018
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
Cold, warmer, hot – the approach of EU bodies to geoblocking
The recent reforms of the digital market introduced at EU level as well as the pending discussions about the future of online distribution of culture may be divided into three essential subjects. The first indicates positive changes, the second arouses considerable emotion, while the last is a clear cause for concern for the creative industry. [...]
07.05.2018
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
Cybercrime. DDoS attacks
Banks, airlines, auction websites, online game services and even government websites and universities increasingly become victims of cybercriminals. One of the most popular methods of paralyzing servers and websites is the so called DoS attack (Denial of Service), that is the deliberate overloading of a network or end user devices with traffic. If a large [...]
05.02.2018
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
Accountability –a new philosophy in personal data protection
Starting from the 25th of May 2018 a revolutionary change in privacy protection and personal data protection will be implemented (general regulation about data protection), known as „RODO”. RODO requires changes in action philosophy, procedural application, documentation, as well as, IT systems in almost every business. At the same time it introduces sanctions up to [...]
29.01.2018
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
Data under strict control
How the company can be secured against the situation when a worker (e.g. while changing the work or setting up his own business) copies data base, contacts, documents, etc.? How the entrepreneur can secure himself against that kind of practices and in which way can claim its rights, if such a situation nevertheless arises? More [...]
05.01.2018
NEW TECH & INNOVATIONS
An employee leaves for the competition. How to secure the company’s know-how?
The law provides several tools securing the interests and valuable know-how of a company in the event an employee leaves to join a competitor. Such transfers on the labour market are particularly dangerous for the creative industry and event and incentive agencies whose achievements are based on unique concepts, strategies and contacts. What legal mechanisms [...]
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