Computers & IT Law

Computers & IT
Law

We have considerable expertise in the area of computers and IT law. We act, draft, review and advise in relation to the following matters:

  • Data Privacy advises
  • General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • Liaising with the Data Protection Commissioners for directions in relation to marketing campaigns, data usage and processing of customer data.
  • Advising and acting in copyright enforcement & the protection of intellectual property rights in software development
  • Enforcement of trademarks and intellectual property rights Meta tags, deep linking, screen scraping and breach of trade marks rights. IT Acceptable Usage policies and Staff Monitoring in the
  • workplace On-line sales pipelines, eCommerce contracts, t&c’s
  • and privacy policies.
  • End User Licence Agreement and commercial Software Licensing Agreements

A failure to comply with the relevant legislation may result in businesses being unable to enforce their on-line contracts for sale with individual customers and losing income. It may expose companies to remedies for employees under Unfair Dismissals and employment legislation, and/or a actions for prosecution by the Office of Data Protection Commissioner for Ireland for failure to comply with Data Privacy legislation