Protection for Whom?

The Information Commission has released its controversial code of practice, which states that employers can no longer use covert ways to snoop on employeee-mail. Employers should provide staff with private e-mail and Internet accounts and cannot monitor e-mails – even if there is reason to believe they are of a personal nature. The code is designed to be a guideline for the RIP legislation. Paul Rutherford of Clearswift asks what this means for employers and employees alike? What does this mean for Internet and e-mail monitoring companies in the security arena that have products relying on this revenue income?

SSCL Meeting Report: 21 March 2002

SSCL continued their monthly series of themed meetings, this time looking at the civil side of software industry issues. There were two speakers for the evening: Lorne Byatt looked at legal success factors from an in-house counsel standpoint, whilst Jeremy Warner focused on software licensing issues.

Recent Domain Name Developments

Metatags and the Reed case - a few discordant notes?

The recent dispute between Reed Executive PLC and Reed Business Information Limited over the use of the mark REED on a job vacancy web site including its metatags and in related banner ads recently came before the High Court. Reed Executive triumphed and deservedly so in the view of the author, however, the reasoning employed in the case could in the view of the author result in some very unfair outcomes if followed in the future in the context of metatags.

Developing Successful Privacy Relationships

This is Robert Waixel’s report of the Privacy Laws & Business 15th Annual International Conference. Robert Waixel is a Senior Lecturer in the Computer Science Department at Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge. He specialises in Computer Law in general and Data Protection Law and practice in particular.

Metatags - trade mark infringement and passing off

Read Rico Calleja of McDermott, Will & Emery on the Reed Case

E-Commerce

Comments on the Draft Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 and on the Guidance Notes issued to explain them

E-Commerce

Comments on the Draft Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 and on the Guidance Notes issued to explain them

New Rules for Inboxes

Unsolicited e-mail and overflowing inboxes are a new cyber hazard. This article on inboxes from Nigel Miller looks at the problem. It was first published in the Solicitors Journal.

The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002 in Practice

The main provisions of the E-Commerce Directive have now been implemented in the UK. Guy Veysey, a solicitor in the IT & E-commerce group at City law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse, discusses how they will be applied.