Neil Andrew Brown
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Neil Andrew Brown | |
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| Managing Director of decoded.legal | |
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| Education | University of Southampton |
| Profession | Solicitor |
Neil Andrew Brown is an English solicitor who practices Internet, technology, and telecommunications law. He is currently the managing director of the English law firm decoded.legal.[1][2]
Career
[edit]Brown graduated from the University of Southampton with a Bachelor of Laws in 2004.[3] He was admitted as a solicitor in 2007.[2]
Brown was employed by the Vodafone Group as an in-house lawyer for about 10 years before he founded decoded.legal.[4][5] decoded.legal exclusively uses free and open source software to communicate with its clients, such as by encrypting files with Cryptomator before storing them on Nextcloud.[6]
In 2017, Brown was appointed as a trustee of the Society for Computers and Law.[7]
Brown is regularly quoted by leading media outlets on technology law and regulation issues,[8][9][10] such as in relation to port scans of users computers by banks,[11] Section 127 of the Communications Act,[12] disclosure notices under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act,[13] and the introduction of the Online Safety Act in the United Kingdom (UK).[14][15]
He is currently a member of the Technical Advisory Board of the Home Office, maintained under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.[16]
As of 2024, Brown was ranked in Band 2 for Information Technology in the UK by Chambers and Partners.[17][a]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Neil Andrew Brown". The Law Society.
- ^ a b "Neil Andrew Brown". Solicitors Regulation Authority. 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "Neil Brown | Southampton Law School | University of Southampton". www.southampton.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ bbojld (2019-02-13). "Lecture by Neil Brown - BBOJLD". BBOJLD. Archived from the original on 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "NFTs Demystified: a Tech Lawyer's Perspective". Society for Computers & Law. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ Bastian, Miriam (15 August 2023). "Parents, domestic violence victims, lawyers: Read about people who protect their privacy with free software". Free Software Foundation.
- ^ "Trustee Changes and New SCL Fellows". Society for Computers & Law. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ Staff, Ars (2016-08-02). "Public Wi-Fi hotspots and you: Busting the many legal myths". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "Web law offers 'right to be forgotten' online". Sky News. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "UK watchdog bites back after Clearview AI fine blocked". Archived from the original on 2024-09-26. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ Writer, CBR Staff (2018-08-07). "Cybersecurity Researcher, Lawyer: Halifax Port Scans "Potentially Illegal"". Tech Monitor. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ Vincent, James (2022-02-07). "Here's why Twitter users in the UK can still be jailed for sending "grossly offensive" tweets". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ Burgess, Matt. "Why won't Facebook give UK police user passwords? It's complicated". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ Orphanides, K. G. "Age checks on UK porn threaten independent pornographers". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ Vincent, James (2022-02-25). "UK politician who tweeted threat to nail journalist's balls to the floor pushes user IDs to curb online abuse". The Verge. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "Membership - Technical Advisory Board". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "Neil Brown". chambers.com. Retrieved 2024-12-26.
- ^ "What are the Chambers Rankings?". chambers.com. January 20, 2021. Retrieved December 26, 2024.