It isn’t every day that you find yourself involved in a solicitor’s professional training event that has its finger on the pulse quite as much as the one coming up in Ennis on 16th October!
I was delighted to be asked a while back to speak at the Law Society Professional event entitled Blue Skies or Stormy Clouds? Best Business Use of Cloud and Social Media Platforms. Check it out here.
However, little did I realise when I agreed to do it, that the event would be quite as topical as it has now become. The European Court of Justice decision this week in favour of Max Schrems in his case against the Irish Data Protection Commission has cast cloud and social media platforms in a whole new light.
Cloud computing and social media sites have generally relied upon the EU – US Safe Harbor arrangement prior to this; indeed, Safe Harbor was used by the Irish Data Protection Commissioner to justify her decision in Mr Schrems’s complaint in this jurisdiction against what he claimed was Facebook’s failure protect his data.
But now the ECJ has found the Safe Harbor invalid.
So what does this all mean for anyone using the cloud and social media?
Well, the place to find out is Ennis on 16th October at the Law Society’s Professional Training event entitled <a title="Blue Skies or Stormy Clouds? – Best Business Use of Cloud and Social Media Platforms" href="http://www.lawsociety have a peek here.ie/Blue_Skies_or_Stormy_Clouds%E2%80%93Best_Business_Use_of_Cloud_and_Social_Media_Platforms#.VhUzoSuk1dw” target=”_blank”>Blue Skies or Stormy Clouds? Best Business Use of Cloud and Social Media Platforms.
The excellent line-up includes Greg Ryan, Chair of the Law Society Technology Committee; Frank Lanigan Solicitor, Solicitor and Director of Bundledocs Limited; Oisin Tobin, Senior Associate with Mason Hayes & Curran’s technology, media and communications unit; and Adrian Weckler, Technology Editor, Independent Newspapers.
Oh, and I’ll be speaking on social media use for solicitors.
The event should be essential for any lawyer using cloud or social media platforms in their practice or for anyone wondering what all the fuss is about.
Full details are here.