February 2020

Welcome to the first episode of A Techno-Legal Update
(@TechLegalUpdate), a podcast bringing to you analysis of
significant developments at the intersection of law and
technology. 


This edition analyses:


1. Australia’s newly announced National Blockchain Roadmap. 


2. The consideration by the Commonwealth Senate Select Committee
on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology of ‘screen
scraping’ as part of its inquiry. 


3. Apple’s shelving of plans to fully encrypt backups of iPhones
in its iCloud service following complaints by the FBI. 


4. The passage of legislation in the US, which requires the
Department of State to report to the US Congress on its
regulation of the licensing regime for the export of cyber tools
and capabilities. 


Disclaimer: This episode was produced by me,
Ravi Nayyar (@ravirockks), as part of my role as
Special Interest Group, Technology, Officer for the
Communications, Entertainment and Technology Law Committee of New
South Wales Young Lawyers (@cetlaw).