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30 Oct 2009
The Government has asked business to give its views on raising the default retirement age beyond 65 in the aftermath of a court case which declared that retirement age lawful.
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30 Oct 2009
The Government will produce 'model contracts' to be used in copyright dealings in an attempt to make copyright law more useful and understandable. It will also standardise the way copyright exceptions to copyright law are dealt with in contracts.
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30 Oct 2009
A major ISP has promised a court challenge to Government plans to allow the cutting off of internet connections used by people accused of illegal file sharing. Talk Talk said it will challenge the plans in the courts.
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30 Oct 2009
The European Commission has rejected the UK's defence of its electronic privacy laws and will continue to pursue legal action against the Government in a case sparked by BT's use of Phorm web activity monitoring without telling its subscribers.
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28 Oct 2009
OPINION: If law is all about a balance of rights, then the people who police our borders used to have it just about right. If they came across a large, commercial consignment of fake goods they could impound them so that they didn't flood the market....
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27 Oct 2009
Germany's national rail company has agreed to pay a €1.1 million for spying on its employees for more than a decade.
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27 Oct 2009
The UK has some of the most sophisticated e-government services in Europe but not enough people use them, according to data published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
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27 Oct 2009
The European Commission will consider passing new laws forcing organisations that lose personal data to go public with that loss. The Commission has until now been opposed to the creation of wide-ranging data breach notification requirements.
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27 Oct 2009
UK internet users will not be disconnected from the internet for illegal file sharing without a court's involvement, a Government minister has pledged. Culture minister Ben Bradshaw has told MPs that there would be a "strict" process involving the courts....
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26 Oct 2009
The Government has published a guide it hopes will clarify when land deals are subject to EU procurement rules and when they are not. The guidance relates to agreements between authorities and land developers.
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