The Office of Fair Trading has announced a consultation on new principles for in-app purchases. The consultation follows an investigation launched in April 2013. The OFT has concerns about in-app charges. It says that it has seen suggestions of potentially unfair and aggressive commercial practices under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, which…
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PhonepayPlus is calling for inputs to a review of the PhonepayPlus Code of Practice. The timing of the review is driven, in part, by Ofcom’s review of non-geographic call services and the fact that the current Code of Practice has now been in force for two years. The Call for Inputs paper details the areas…
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The government has announced a consultation on costs protection in defamation and privacy claims. Following the publication of Lord Justice Leveson’s Report in November 2012, the government accepted his recommendation, endorsing that of Lord Justice Jackson, that costs protection should be extended to defamation and privacy claims. Costs protection protects parties from the costs that…
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The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published new guidance on notification of security breaches required under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR). The guidance explains to organisations who provide electronic communications services to the public ((eg telecoms providers and internet service providers)) when and how to notify the ICO about a security breach….
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The Information Commissioners Office has published new guidance on direct marketing as well as a direct marketing checklist and guidance for companies that receive unwanted marketing. The guidance explains the rules for direct marketing under the Data Protection Act 1998 (DPA) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (PECR). It aims to…
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A new police unit aimed at targeting intellectual property crime launched on Friday 13 September 2013. The unit is dedicated to tackling online piracy and other forms of intellectual property crime such as counterfeit goods. It is one of the first units of its kind in the world. The Intellectual Property Office is providing £2.5…
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The Law Commission has issued a consultation on data sharing between public bodies. The consultation ends on 13 December 2013 and the Law Commission has created a special Twitter account for the consultation – https://twitter.com/LawComData The consultation paper considers issues relating to data sharing between public bodies and to some extent private bodies carrying out…
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The Information Commissioner has again pleaded for the implementation of the power to send people to prison for data protection offences. His plea would carry more weight if the ICO actually tried to address serious criminal behaviour with serious criminal charges….
Jeffrey Lewis and Siobhain Egan look at the latest proposals directed at the companies based overseas which are making profits from UK-based gambling…
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Pearse Ryan and Claire O’Brien offer an account of the Irish government’s strategy in the cloud computing area and analyse its impact…
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