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Cloud Busting
Wim Nauwelaerts & Pauline Le Bousse explain why cloud computing requires a new approach to data privacy and security….
VAT and Relocating Telecom Providers and ISPs
HM Revenue & Customs have issued a warning on the relocation of telecommunication service providers, Internet service providers and broadcasters….
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Council of Europe Consultation on Online Profiling
The Council of Europe’s Consultative Committee of the Convention 108 on Data Protection is seeking views on its “Draft Recommendation on the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data in the Framework of Profiling’….
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SNS Privacy Practices: Canada, the EU and Beyond
Following the recent thorough review of Facebook’s privacy practices by the Canadian Privacy Commissioner and the Article 29 Working Party Opinion affecting social networking providers, the climate has changed. Philip James looks at both developments and considers their implications for privacy policies affecting social networking sites….
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Identity, Privacy and the Law
Lorna Brazell asks profound questions about the nature of identity and privacy. She looks at the forms of legal protection which might be used to protect any right to privacy that exists and looks forward with alarm to a brave new world of increased observation of the actions of the ordinary citizen….
Thrift KM: Getting the most from what you’ve got
Mixed contributions from PLC, LNB and Westlaw on how to make the most of their services and what “extras” they provide as part of the standard subscription package….
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Flash Cookies: A Regulatory Risk?
Web site operators around the world appear to be enjoying the benefits of Flash cookies in increasing numbers. However, Andrew Danson feels that using them without proper safeguards could be an invasion of users’ privacy and land imprudent operators in hot water with regulators….
The Handbags and the Glad Rags
Would the Advocate General’s opinion in Google v Louis Vuitton have been the same if the AdWords had been used in a real world situation?…