New Article 29 Working Party Opinions Published
The Article 29 Working Party has adopted Opinions on the data protection reform proposals and on facial recognition….
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Privacy & Data Protection
Wasted Costs Order for E-disclosure Failures
Deborah Blaxell looks at a scary High Court judgment affecting e-disclosure…
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File-sharing and Norwich Pharmacal: Court Supervision of Letter of Claim
The High Court has made a Norwich Pharmacal order in favour of Golden Eye and Ben Dover Productions in a preliminary move towards volume file-sharing litigation. But Arnold J has applied a number of stringent conditions affecting the further pursuit of the action and has insisted upon a number of amendments to the draft letter of claim….
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Too Many Cooks?
Are there too many bodies interfering in Internet regulation?…
Google Privacy Policy: CNIL Request for Clarifications
The Article 29 Working Party has sought response from Google to a series of pertinent questions about its new privacy policy. The questionnaire is revealing in that it points to the widening nature of the data protection concerns….
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Social Media: Hidden IP Dangers
Alastair Cox and Iona Harding examine the intellectual property pitfalls associated with everyday uses of social media….
Council of Europe’s Internet Governance Strategy
The Council of Europe has adopted an Internet Governance Strategy to protect and promote human rights, the rule of law and democracy online….
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OFT Action on Groupon Breaches
The OFT has accepted undertakings from ‘daily deals’ company MyCityDeal Ltd, which trades as Groupon, to change some of its trading practices following an OFT investigation….
Outsourcing in the Public Sector in Ireland
Pearse Ryan reviews a history of plans and policy documents on outsourcing and asks ‘where to next?’…
The DSM and the Need for a Digital Magna Carta
Rene Summer suggests that we need an action-plan to embrace digitization of creativity in the digital single market and a statement of inviolable digital liberties…
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