SEO poisoning is an increasingly popular method of attack for cybercriminals and one that shows they are using more sophisticated techniques. In the last year, attackers have poisoned search results on everything from the MTV awards to Google Wave invitations. Patrik Runald asks what makes these attacks such a success, and what does this mean for 2010?…
AdWords: The ECJ Judgment
The European Court of Justice has found that Google has not infringed trade mark law by allowing advertisers to purchase keywords corresponding to their competitors’ trade marks. However, it has prohibited advertisers from using such keywords when arranging for Google to display any ads which do not allow internet users easily to establish from which undertaking the goods or services covered by the ad in question originate…
EDPS Guidelines on Video-surveillance
The European Data Protection Supervisor has issued a ‘practical set of Guidelines to European institutions and bodies on how to use video-surveillance responsibly’….
EDPS and PbD
The office of the European Data Protection Supervisor has been working overtime. In addition to its work on video surveillance guidelines, it published an Opinion on ‘Promoting trust in the information society by fostering data protection and privacy’ on 18 March. The focus is on privacy by design (PbD)…
AdWords: Who Won?
The long awaited judgment in Google v Louis Vuitton (and practically every other trade mark holder in France) has left me wondering about winners and losers…
Assessment Notices Implementation
A newly published statutory instrument confirms the anticipated implementation of the new provisions for assessment notices….
The Internet and Criminal Jurisdiction
Julia Hörnle provides a review of the Court of Appeal judgment in R v Sheppard and Whittle, which focused on the test to determine whether the English courts have jurisdiction in a criminal case involving a foreign web site….
Lecture Podcast
The Lecture podcast is now available…
New Podcasts and CPD
New Podcasts are now available…
Painless Panorama
I feared that Panorama’s treatment of illegal file-sharing and the law would leave me with severe laryngitis. In fact, I hardly shouted at the TV at all – now I wish I’d shouted more….