Confidentiality and Arbitration
Data Law Series
Data law issues arise in many different contexts. This episode we look at one of the many ways the law deals with whether data should or should not be kept out of the public gaze – confidential arbitration. We will be looking at recent high-profile events that have provided some illustration how this law operates – namely the recent High Court of Australia decision of Rinehart v. Rinehart.
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Price Disclosure around User Data
In this episode of the Data Law series, we take a look at an interesting question – does the specified price of a product have to reflect only a dollar value, or are suppliers obliged to mention other “costs” to the buyer – like the use of their data?
Pricing Database Access
You want to obtain or make access available to a database. What fees should be charged for this? In this episode we look at methods for setting license fees or royalties for data access.
Cofidentiality and Consumer Data
In the last episode we looked at one of the ways in which the law deals with whether data should or should not be kept out of the public gaze. That episode outlined that, generally, it is possible for parties in a contract situation to agree to that. This episode looks at a potential exception in the consumer data field.
Using Open Source Data
You want to use some open source data – data that is intended to be free to use, reuse, and redistribute. You have checked that the data provider has publicised some open source symbols as part of the data availability. Can you go ahead and use the data without further worry or are there some things you need to think about first?
Data portability
Data portability is about giving consumers some control over their information. In this article Anna Sharpe will explain recent developments in the law relating to data portability.
Children’s Privacy
In this week’s Sharpe Ivo data law series, Anna Sharpe will be talking about data relating to children. Today we will be covering some key points for your checklists when navigating this area of the law.
Media Takedown
The Australian social media takedown law was passed by parliament in the shadow of the massacre of 50 people in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15, 2019. The new law has been criticised by various players in the technology sector and by the peak Australian law body, the Law Council of Australia.
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Principal - Anna Sharpe
Anna Sharpe, LL.M, ACIS, is a respected data, technology and intellectual property lawyer. She acts in transactions in which these areas of intangible assets play a key role. Recent matters in which Anna has been instructed have included fintech, platform services development and supply, intellectual property management and licensing, e-publishing agreements, R&D collaboration, pay television program deals, database licensing arrangements and privacy and data protection compliance.
