Google Glass and other wearables: the legal view

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John McKinlay, partner at law firm DLA Piper, explains the legal issues firms will face with the advent of wearable technology

Several years ago headlines were made when a scientist at the University of Reading, who had implanted an RFID chip in his wrist, "infected" himself with a computer virus. It was an early example o...

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