In what seems like a last-ditch attempt to get EU ministers to focus on resolving the remaining major issues on data protection reform, the European Data Protection Supervisor has written to the President of the EU Commission expressing his views on the critical issues…
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According to the Court of Justice of the European Union, the owner of a web site may, without the authorisation of the copyright holders, redirect internet users, via hyperlinks, to protected works available on a freely accessible basis on another site. But that ‘freely accessible’ reservation is important…
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Thoughts, and a call for suggestions, on the topics that SCL members need to see covered in SCL’s October Conference…
The latest High Court judgment on protected search terms has resulted in a triumph for the specialist cosmetics company, Lush…
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Claire Davies, Hannah Crowther and Emma Charlton report on the Data Protection Update Seminar held at Bristows LLP on 28 January…
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Lillian Pang and Peter Lee ask some difficult questions about data protection and privacy regulation, the effects of the ‘hoovering-up’ of data by all manner of applications and the extent of the real demand for privacy in the use of technology…
Anya Proops reports on the judgment given on 7 February in the data protection case of Edem v The Information Commissioner and the Financial Services Authority…
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The EU Commission has reported that it has obtained commitments from Google about the ‘comparable display of specialised search rivals’ services…
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These are questions arising from the Podcast: SCL Foundations of IT Law Programme: Module 2 – Internet Law. Course code HW/SFCL:OC13 – CPD: 2 hours….
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Jane Seager explains a new policy development arising from concerns about the use of offensive terms, including those describing serious sexual offences, in domain names registered by Nominet…
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