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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To no great surprise, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that The Pirate Bay co-founders’ criminal conviction for assisting copyright infringement on the Internet was justified…
The ICO has prosecuted a medical receptionist under the Data Protection Act 1998, s 55…
The Article 29 Working Party has published a detailed Opinion on apps and their data protection dangers….
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advergame (noun): an electronic game that promotes a particular brand, product, or marketing message by integrating it into the game. Advergames are subject to the supervision of the Advertising Standards Authority. Sacha Wilson reviews some of the ASA adjudications and clarifies the rules of this particular game….
Simon Deane-Johns joins up the dots to show the full picture concerning the hottest data-related issues…
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Following a survey on the use of personal devices for work commissioned by the Information Commissioner’s Office, it sees cause for concern on security and data protection compliance. It has issued new guidance for businesses…
According to the latest judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union, television broadcasters may prohibit the retransmission of their programmes by another company via the Internet as such retransmission constitutes, under certain conditions, ‘a communication to the public’ of works which must be authorised by their author…
Antony Smith explains what LPM is and the part IT can play in its effective implementation…
The EU Commission has fined Microsoft for its non-compliance with browser choice commitments…