In Earles v Barclays Bank plc [2009] EWHC 1 (Mercantile) HHJ Simon Brown QC, a judge with a well deserved reputation for knowing about e-disclosure, has made a number of comments on the failures of the Bank in respect of disclosure and includes considerable criticism of the legal team representing them. The relatively complex claim…
A High Court ruling on the Reynolds defence to libel proceedings highlights the importance of making online versions of published articles fit with later developments…
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The Court of Appeal has overruled the Information Tribunal and held that the Police National Computer (PNC) can hold all the data that the police deem necessary….
They are thinking of sending more data protection offenders to jail. Is the extra porridge really a good idea?…
The OFT has launched market studies into advertising and pricing practices. They include a particulalry close look at online targeting of advertising and potentially misleading pricing practices….
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Laurence Eastham reports on an interesting judgment in the Mercantile Court which highlights the importance of getting disclosure right, and the costs penalty that might apply if you get it wrong….
Following the recent thorough review of Facebook’s privacy practices by the Canadian Privacy Commissioner and the Article 29 Working Party Opinion affecting social networking providers, the climate has changed. Philip James looks at both developments and considers their implications for privacy policies affecting social networking sites….
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Lorna Brazell asks profound questions about the nature of identity and privacy. She looks at the forms of legal protection which might be used to protect any right to privacy that exists and looks forward with alarm to a brave new world of increased observation of the actions of the ordinary citizen….
Web site operators around the world appear to be enjoying the benefits of Flash cookies in increasing numbers. However, Andrew Danson feels that using them without proper safeguards could be an invasion of users’ privacy and land imprudent operators in hot water with regulators….
Tess Crean examines the effect of major new Irish legislation on defamation and welcomes the clarification of the law that it offers….
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