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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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19 Dec 2011
Sky has blocked access to a copyright infringing website following a UK court order, the company 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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29 Nov 2011
The Government has asked for views on what problems disabled people face when using the web and other technologies and whether laws and regulations should be changed to improve accessibility.
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18 Nov 2011
Several major internet companies have expressed their "concern" at draft US laws that aim to combat online copyright infringement by foreign websites.
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17 Nov 2011
An internet streaming company does reproduce "a substantial part" of films in "memory buffers" contained on its servers when it relays films to users of its service, the High Court has ruled.
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17 Nov 2011
Industry plans to develop a "rapid judicial procedure" to block internet users' access to copyright-infringing content have been revealed in documents obtained under freedom of information (FOI) laws.
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15 Nov 2011
The body responsible for making sure components of the world wide web work together has published plans to help create a universal 'do not track' mechanism in web browsers that would give users control of their privacy settings across all sites.
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14 Nov 2011
A royalties collecting society plans to charge internet service providers (ISPs) in Belgium a levy for copyright infringement, according to media reports.
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