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…
Read More… from SCL Event Report: Data Protection Update Seminar
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…
The EU Commission has reported that it has obtained commitments from Google about the ‘comparable display of specialised search rivals’ services…
Read More… from Google and Search: Dominant Position Abuse Settlement Looms
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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Philip James reflects on the recent High Court judgment that allowed a claim against Google Inc to be brought in proceedings in England and Wales, which (especially in the context of other actions impacting on Google and its ilk) may have much wider implications for privacy and data protection….
Read More… from Google Brought Down to Earth: Landmark Privacy Development
Paul McMahon reports on the second module in the SCL’s ground-breaking Foundations of IT Law Programme, an event which took place at Bird & Bird on 16 January 2014….
Read More… from SCL Event Report: Foundations of IT Law – Module 2: Internet Law
Kuan Hon examines the best approach to take when applying data protection rules in a cloud computing context. She argues that the current EU focus on location is inappropriate and that logical control is what counts….
Read More… from Cloud Computing: Geography or Technology – Virtualisation and Control
The High Court judgment on jurisdiction issues in the case concerning Google’s tracking of Safari users has now been published…
Lucy Kilshaw , Susan Barty and Fionnuala Dorrity look at the recent judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Innoweb v Wegener…