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15 Jun 2009
A viral campaign using a 'tell a friend' email service to promote a British film breached advertising rules because the company took no steps to ensure that recipients of emails had given their explicit consent to receive marketing communications.
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29 May 2009
A new medical 'fit note' will replace the current 'sick note' for employees as part of a Government scheme launched yesterday. The development is good news for employers and employees, according to an employment law specialist.
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28 May 2009
Record numbers of consumer complaints against financial firms are being upheld by the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), pointing to a complaints handling framework that is in need of reform, the Chief Ombudsman said this week.
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28 May 2009
The UK's main music licensing agency has changed the way that it will charge companies to stream music online. The Performing Rights Society's PRS for Music has increased the proportion of revenue it takes but reduced the per-song cost.
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27 May 2009
Apple has said that it will launch a Europe-wide version of iTunes if record labels, regulators and collecting societies implement plans to simplify the European Union's licensing regime.
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27 May 2009
A body representing IT contractors has claimed that a law clamping down on individuals' use of companies to avoid tax is a failure because it has generated so little in tax income. The Government has said that the small tax take means it is a success....
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27 May 2009
Patients will be able to demand that their health records are deleted from the massive database being built by the NHS, privacy regulator the Information Commissioner's Office has said. Previously, patients could only have details 'masked', not deleted....
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27 May 2009
Police should not have kept photos taken of an arms trade protester, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The retention of the photos long after the peaceful protest was a breach of the man's right to privacy, the Court ruled.
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27 May 2009
A new version of the European Union's directive protecting software became law this week. The new version is an administrative exercise and no changes to the law have been made.
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26 May 2009
Banning the further reporting of a story which has already gained the attention of millions of people around the world would be ludicrous, absurd and unenforceable, the High Court has said.
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