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Defamation Bill receives final approval from the House of Lords

The House of Lords has approved the final wording of the new Defamation Bill following the inclusion of new amendments by the House of Commons. 25 Apr 2013

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MPs back restrictions on businesses' right to bring defamation claims

Businesses would have to show that they have suffered, or are likely to suffer, "substantial financial loss" as a result of comments published about them in order to bring a case for defamation, under proposed reforms to UK libel laws. 24 Apr 2013

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Out-Law Guides

Data Retention Laws: What they mean for communication service providers

This guide is based on UK law. It was last updated in November 2012.
Green IT: the advantages of outsourcing

This guide is based on UK law. It was written and last reviewed in January 2010. For IT service providers, there are many opportunities to get ahead of the competition by engaging with 'green'...
Directors' statutory duties to the environment

This guide is based on UK law. It was written and last reviewed in January 2010. The Companies Act 2006 introduced a new duty on directors to "have regard to [among other things] the impact of the...
ISP and web host conditions - checklist

This checklist is based on UK law. It was last updated in September 2008.
Liability of ISPs for 3rd party material

This guide is based on UK law. It was last updated in November 2008.
ISP issues

This guide is based on UK law. It was last updated in October 2008.

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Internet platforms can assume the role of publisher and become liable for defamation, rules Court of Appeal

Online publishing platforms could be held liable for defamation after the Court of Appeal ruled that it was possible in some circumstances to consider those platforms as publishers themselves. 18 Feb 2013

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Mobile devices can make internet searches more personal and sensitive than those made via other technologies, says US regulator

Information that reveals what consumers have searched for on the internet is more likely to constitute sensitive personal data if the searches were conducted on mobile devices as opposed to via "other technologies", a US regulator has said. 07 Feb 2013

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