European Parliament committee says use of consumer’s personal information can cross the line into manipulation

The European Parliament’s internal market and consumer committee has published a study on new aspects and challenges in consumer protection. Study says that use of consumer’s personal information can cross the line into manipulation and has consequences beyond online commerce….

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BILETA Conference – Call for Papers

The 28th Annual BILETA Conference will be hosted by the University of Liverpool on 10 to 13 April. The conference theme, ‘Our Digital Futures: Technologies Without Boundaries’ aims to promote interdisciplinary discussion and investigation of the spheres of policymaking, legal, technological and social activity – creativity, climate change, energy, health and well-being. The theme also…

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Editorial

BAILII  There may be those who think that a blog post on the BAILII appeal for funds and a short contribution from me to the BAILII appeal article at p 5 are more than enough. But I don’t think I have said enough.  On top of its usefulness to me personally, which I mention in…

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I am writing this in the positive afterglow of the latest successful SCL Conference. My relatively brief attendance was a lift for morale. But this focused event, and especially the focused and positive collection of attendees, does remind me that standards on these pages and on the web site need to be kept high to…

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Editorial

This issue sees a selection of predictions; the full set, which I heartily recommend, have, yet again, been the Web site’s crowd pleaser in the last month or so. But I am pleased that, predictions aside, we have managed to cover some of the issues which I think are going to figure prominently in 2005…

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Spam Spam has grabbed general public attention over the last few weeks. There may be an SCL member somewhere whose life has been improved by the opportunity to refinance, renew his sceptic tank or enlarge his penis but I think I will risk little controversy by staking my colours to the mast and stating boldly:…

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