This paper assesses the privacy ramifications associated with the rise in the use of civilian drone technology. It discusses the capabilities of drones to take photographs, record videos and undertake ongoing surveillance, and distinguishes these capabilities from previous similar technologies...

No other State is as vulnerable to Zappers as is the State of New Hampshire. Zappers and related software programming, Phantom-ware, facilitate an old tax fraud – skimming cash receipts. In this instance skimming is performed with modern electronic cash registers (ECRs). Zappers are a global...

This article aims to present a critical view on the use of personal data in the current scenario of hyper-connectivity, bringing to the fore, as an alternative, the possibility of self-managing data, based on a concrete project. We will first present a panorama of privacy in the twenty-first...

The case law in Australia on the interpretation of the definition of royalties under tax treaties is not in a very satisfactory state. In particular in a sample of four judgments in recent years the decisions with one exception seem to avoid coming to grips with the OECD Commentary on royalties...

“Code is law” refers to the idea that, with the advent of digital technology, code has progressively established itself as the predominant way to regulate the behavior of Internet users. Yet, while computer code can enforce rules more efficiently than legal code, it also comes with a series...

Based on an analysis of the literature on the interaction of law and DLT/blockchain, the paper argues that hype cycle dynamics apply in legal discourse. Thinking in hype cycle categories provides a structured way for analysing the potential legal implications of a particular innovation. This...

Access to outer space is becoming more achievable by a wider array of state and non-state actors. This access is partly fuelled by the constant development of technology that brings down the cost of such access and makes actual space activities more varied and widespread. Associated with these...

The disruptions caused by technological innovation have now moved into the space industry, with the emergence of private, commercial operators (‘New Space’). This chapter considers one of the unique challenges that the New Space industry encounters with its rapid development: the interaction...

This chapter explores pertinent international trends in decision and articulates contemporary discourse in the discrete domain of the relationship between smart technologies and human security and global justice. The fundamental aim of the chapter is to assess the rather rapidly developing...

COVID-19 has revealed the critical role data is playing and will increasingly play in the exercise of social control. This article investigates the data life cycle of Contact Tracing Apps—namely, the collection, collation and analysis of data—as a tool of epidemiological surveillance in...