Jack Gilbert reports on the meeting of the SCL Media Group on 14 March 2013, which focused on the effect of the recent decision in Tamiz v Google on the liability of ISPs and the intermediary defence under the Defamation Bill…
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Simon Deane-Johns joins up the dots to show the full picture concerning the hottest data-related issues…
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The EU Commission has fined Microsoft for its non-compliance with browser choice commitments…
Richard Graham and Adam Lewington paint a Big Data landscape, and highlight the risks in the foreground and those looming on the horizon…
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Nominet has abandoned its plans for the introduction of .uk domain names, for the time being…
Laura Scaife reflects on the latest collision between Twitter and the law…
EU data protection authorities are not happy with Google’s responses to their questions on privacy and threaten a ‘coordinated repressive action’…
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The Court of Appeal judgment has given judgment in respect of the claim by Mr Tamiz that he was defamed on a blog hosted by Google and that Google was liable for damages. In supporting the ruling of Eady J and rejecting Tamiz’s appeal, the Court of Appeal nevertheless opens a window for claims that Google might well have liability in some cases….
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The Australian High Court has found in favour of Google in a dispute over sponsored links in search results…
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I’ve been thinking recently about the limits of data protection recently with all the debate going on about the new Directive. I have some frustration with the debate, particularly over the validity of the consents that are given by data subjects….
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