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23 Dec 2011
A website that allows users to 'name and shame' lawyers whose services they are unhappy with has been ordered to close after the High Court ruled its publisher had breached libel, data protection and harassment laws.
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22 Dec 2011
A website that enabled users to buy and sell tickets for international rugby matches must provide the Rugby Football Union (RFU) in England with the personal data of people who used the site to trade those tickets at an inflated price, the Court of Appeal...
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21 Dec 2011
It is "legitimate" for Facebook Ireland to use information users provide about themselves on the social networking site to enable advertisers to serve targeted ads, the Office of the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has said.
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20 Dec 2011
The Irish data protection watchdog has ordered the country's largest internet service provider (ISP) to stop using its 'three strikes' system for identifying and warning alleged illegal file-sharers, according to media reports.
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19 Dec 2011
The Information Commissioner has formally requested new powers to conduct compulsory data protection audits of local Government and public health organisations.
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19 Dec 2011
Web giant Google’s mobile payment application Google Wallet stores users’ personal information unencrypted on devices, according to new research from US-based analysts viaForensics.
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16 Dec 2011
Databases of football fixture lists are not protected by EU database copyright laws because the creation of the fixtures themselves is not part of what the EU law protects, an advisor to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said.
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15 Dec 2011
Messages in private email accounts, text messages and other messaging systems can be disclosed under freedom of information (FOI) laws if they relate to public business, the FOI regulator has said.
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15 Dec 2011
OPINION: When Europe introduced new rules on cookies many, including us, were up in arms about the confusing implementation of a potentially troubling law. But new guidance from the privacy regulator may give web publishers a glimmer of hope.
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15 Dec 2011
Website publishers must do more to make sure that they are in compliance with new laws introduced this year on informing web users about the use of cookies, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said.
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