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30 Nov 2009
Privacy and data protection regulator the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published a plain English guide to data protection law. The guide is intended to help non-experts to navigate the Data Protection Act.
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30 Nov 2009
Apple will have to rewrite its terms and conditions for the UK after action by consumer protection regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), the Office has said. As well as specific changes it will have to redraft the terms in plain English, the OFT...
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30 Nov 2009
A French court has told internet auction site eBay that it cannot allow sales of luxury goods without the brand owner's permission. EBay has been fined €1.7 million for not stopping the sales of perfumes.
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30 Nov 2009
A Norwegian consumer protection agency is preparing a legal challenge to Facebook and other social networking companies, accusing them of operating "in a legal vacuum and irrespective of norms and standards".
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30 Nov 2009
A proposed new law will make it easier and cheaper for people to pursue their claims directly against insurers when the insured becomes insolvent.
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26 Nov 2009
The Government's Digital Economy Bill could be in breach of EU laws, according to an internet law expert. Professor Lilian Edwards has also warned that the Bill could make it impossible to operate a free wireless network legally.
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26 Nov 2009
A trade body representing advertisers has called on European countries not to implement new EU cookie laws in ways that would "disrupt" use of the internet.
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25 Nov 2009
German data protection authorities are investigating whether Google's web traffic measurement system Google Analytics routinely infringes privacy laws, according to a German newspaper report.
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25 Nov 2009
The European Commission has dropped its competition law investigation into chip maker Qualcomm after the rivals who made complaints against the company withdrew them.
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25 Nov 2009
Cross-border consumption of financial services has not increased because of an EU Directive aimed at making such purchases easier, a European Commission report has concluded.
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