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The advent of seven new top level domains has created an unprecedented dash for registration, as examined here by Jonathan Ebsworth and Giles Bennett….
Privacy & Data Protection
Internet Privacy: Inroads into Assumptions
In February the case of Totalise Plc v Motley Fool Limited went almost without mention. Joanne Ashley describes why she finds this surprising and briefly considers the implications of this case….
Distance Selling Regulations
This article is an edited version of Susan Singleton’s presentation to the London Group meeting on 30 April….
Letter to the Editor
There are a number of significant omissions in AmandaKearsley’s article The Internet,Paedophilia and the ISP (C&L Vol 12 issue 1; April/May 2001) so that theresult is somewhat unbalanced. 1. Charges involving paedophiliac material are nearly always prosecutedunder the Protection of Children Act 1978, not the Obscene Publications Act uponwhich Ms Kearsley concentrates. This applied in…
A Basic KM System using Outlook
A basic knowledge management system can be set up just using tools a firm
already has, without having to buy in expensive packages. This article from Kwan
Hon, Banking and Information Lawyer at Sidley & Austin, explains how, using
an applic…
Professional Societies on the Web
Professional societies are well represented on the Web. Delia Venables applies her uniquely well-qualified eye to assess their contributions….
Moving from transmission to collaboration
Amanda Brock looks at the recent Amazon pricing error and asks how businesses can prepare to protect themselves in the event of such situations arising….
The Rebirth of Limited Liability Clauses?
Margaret Harvey and Nick Rudgard analyse this recent important case, which
illustrates the reward for careful contractual drafting.
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Data Protection Update
There have been a number of interesting developments in data protection andinformation law generally since this column last appeared. Some are not strictlydata protection but are so closely linked that they deserve a mention. The Information Commissioner and the FOIA To start with a change of name: on 30 January, two months after the Freedomof…
ADSL – or ADS-Hell?
Fast, always-on Internet connection at reasonable prices – that’s the dream. And the dream might just come true with ADSL….