EU update

This is the latest edition of Baker & McKenzie’s column on developments in EU law relating to IP, IT and telecommunications. This article summarises recent developments that are considered important for practitioners, students and academics in a wide range of information technology, e-commerce, telecommunications and intellectual property areas. It cannot be exhaustive but intends to address the important points. This is a hard copy reference guide, but links to outside web sites are included where possible. No responsibility is assumed for the accuracy of information contained in these links.     

European national news

The regular article tracking developments at the national level in key European countries in the area of IT and communications - co-ordinated by Herbert Smith LLP and contributed to by firms across Europe. This column provides a concise alerting service of important national developments in key European countries. Part of its purpose is to compliment the Journal’s feature articles and briefing notes by keeping readers abreast of what is currently happening "on the ground" at a national level in implementing EU level legislation and international conventions and treaties. Where an item of European National News is of particular significance, CLSR may also cover it in more detail in the current or a subsequent edition.     

EU update

This is the latest edition of Baker & McKenzie’s column on developments in EU law relating to IP, IT and telecommunications. This article summarises recent developments that are considered important for practitioners, students and academics in a wide range of information technology, e-commerce, telecommunications and intellectual property areas. It cannot be exhaustive but intends to address the important points. This is a hard copy reference guide, but links to outside web sites are included where possible. No responsibility is assumed for the accuracy of information contained in these links.     

《政府信息公开条例》第8条的理解与运用——就周某某不服政府信息公开案的法律分析

政府信息公开不得危及"公共利益"是各个国家确立政府信息公开的基本原则,该原则的核心是公共利益与公民知情权的微妙平衡。我国《政府信息公开条例》第8条也是基于这一目的,强调政府信息的公开不得危及"三个安全一个稳定。"但在该条款具体应用时,行政机关应特别注意不应单独适用,而应该有效地结合第14条以及第23条的规定来具体实施,即审查后不能确定是否可以公开时,应当依照法律、法规和国家有关规定报有关主管部门或者同级保密工作部门予以确定。     

涉及商业秘密的政府信息公开问题初探

涉及商业秘密的政府信息是法定的公开例外种类之一。与涉及国家秘密的政府信息属于强制例外不同,涉及商业秘密的政府信息,行政机关具有部分自由裁量权。然而,由于缺乏对“商业秘密”、“公共利益”等要件的界定,同时也没有明确行政机关对此类政府信息的审查程序,因此,在实践中存在较大争议,有必要对政府信息公开语境下的商业秘密界定、公开程序的操作设想以及此类信息中的可分割性原则的适用等问题进行研究。     

加强云南公安信息化工作的思考

随着公安工作的不断发展,我省公安信息化工作取得了长足进步,但所面临的形势依然严峻,存在的问题亟待解决:一是要切实提高对加强公安信息化重要性和必要性的认识;二是要理清工作思路,找准工作目标和明确基本原则;三是要坚持以应用为核心全力推动全警应用;四是要坚持采集和整合两手抓,推进信息资源大扩容和全警共享;五是要以应用为导向稳步推进重点项目建设;六是要落实各项保障措施,加强保障工作机制建设。     

美国预测性信息披露免责制度研究——兼论中国证劵市场“安全港”制度之构建

预测性信息披露免责制度降低了上市公司潜在的诉讼风险,是充分尽到诚信义务的信息披露人的保护伞。可以从美国"安全港"各项规则入手,借鉴相关理论及实践经验,结合我国国情,提出完善我国预测性信息披露免责制度之构想,以期维护信息披露主体之正当利益,规范并鼓励我国上市公司预测性信息的披露。     

我国台湾地区“行政程序法”立法争议问题研究

行政程序法是行政机关作成行政行为时应遵循一定程序法规范,以确保行政行为的合法、正确与公正,并提高行政效率;同时藉由程序的规定,使人民在行政机关作成行政行为的过程中,得以参与、表达意见与沟通,进而确保人民程序与实体上权益,并增进人民的信赖。因此,行政程序的法制化,具有确保依法行政、保障人民权益、提高行政效率及增进人民对行政机关信赖的功能。我国台湾地区"行政程序法"于2001年1月1日实施,在该法的引导下,各行政机关已经在许多行政程序单元上有常态性的实践经验,包括电子化政府或整合政府公报等配套制度的建制,也提供行政程序法实施的配套条件。研究台湾地区"行政程序法"当时的立法争议问题,对于大陆《行政程序法》的立法,具有一定的参考价值。     

Fracture patterns on the infant porcine skull following severe blunt impact

The objective of this study was to document patterns of fracture on infant porcine skulls aged 2-28 days (n = 57) because of a single, high energy blunt impact to the parietal bone with rigid (nondeformable) and compliant (deformable) interfaces. Fracture patterns were mapped using Geographic Information System software. For the same generated impact force, the rigid interface produced more fractures than the compliant interface for all ages. This study also showed that this increased level of impact energy versus an earlier study using a lower energy resulted in new sites of fracture initiation and also caused previously defined fractures that propagate into an adjacent bone. Several unique characteristics of bone and diastatic fracture were documented as a function of specimen age, impact energy, and interface. These data describe some baseline characteristics of skull fracture using an animal model that may help guide future studies from forensic case files.     

Protecting the privacy and security of sensitive customer data in the cloud

The global ubiquity of cloud computing may expose consumers' sensitive personal data to significant privacy and security threats. A critical challenge for the cloud computing industry is to earn consumers' trust by ensuring adequate privacy and security for sensitive consumer data. Regulating consumer privacy and security also challenges government enforcement of data protection laws that were designed with national borders in mind. From an information privacy perspective, this article analyses how well the regulatory frameworks in place in Europe and the United States help protect the privacy and security of sensitive consumer data in the cloud. It makes suggestions for regulatory reform to protect sensitive information in cloud computing environments and to remove regulatory constraints that limit the growth of this vibrant new industry.