Hi, Here is your weekly round-up of highlights from OUT-LAW News. As always, click the links to read the full stories of the summaries below or see these and many other stories from this week's news at http://www.out-law.com/page-5951. You can also now access our archive of weekly emails at http://www.out-law.com/page-7793. The OUT-LAW Team ***Free OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminars*** London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and Edinburgh April 2007: Protecting your name on the net May 2007: Overseas transfers of personal data See: http://www.out-law.com/page-6024 ***Infosecurity Europe*** Infosecurity Europe is Europe's number one, dedicated Information Security event held on the 24th-26th April 2007, Grand Hall, Olympia. Now in its 12th year, the event continues to provide an unrivalled education programme, new products & services, exhibitors and visitors from every segment of the industry. See: http://www.infosec.co.uk/outlaw ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. Suing a cartel should be easier, says OFT Consumers and businesses harmed by cartels and other anti-competitive practices should be better placed to recover their losses, according to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) which launched a consultation on changing competition rules this week. 19/04/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7974 2. Worker sacked on day before age law takes effect is reinstated An NHS worker who was sacked the day before last year's new age discrimination laws came into effect has been reinstated along with 35 of her colleagues. A deadline has passed which means similar cases are unlikely to be successful. 18/04/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7970 3. Phishing attack evades ABN Amro's two-factor authentication A two-factor authentication system operated by Dutch bank ABN Amro has been compromised and money stolen from the online accounts of customers who fell for a phishing scam. 18/04/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7967 4. Wi-Fi leechers arrested Two people have been arrested in the UK for using another person's wireless internet access without permission. Neither was charged but both were cautioned for dishonestly obtaining electronic communications services with intent to avoid payment. 18/04/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7969 5. OFT consults on fairness in consumer contracts The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has launched a consultation into its guidance on what constitutes an unfair term in a consumer contract. It has given examples of some of the terms it has come across that it considers unfair. 16/04/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7957 6. Data collation can evade Data Protection Act, says Court of Appeal The selection and collation of information from several files held on a person does not necessarily count as processing of personal data, according to the Court of Appeal. The activity can escape the remit of the Data Protection Act. 16/04/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7958 ***OUT-LAW Radio*** We look at the devastating effect a new licensing regime will have on internet radio and warn against war driving in the UK. 19/04/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7212 ***About this email*** This is a weekly email for subscribers of OUT-LAW.COM, a website run by international law firm Pinsent Masons of 30 Aylesbury Street, London, EC1R 0ER. Feel free to forward this email to your friends. If someone forwarded this email to you and you'd like your own subscription, register free at http://www.out-law.com. Existing subscribers: you can manage your profile at http://www.out-law.com/page-520. The email address for this subscription is <>. Feel free to give us your feedback by replying to this email. To unsubscribe, please reply with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. (We'd also appreciate you telling us why you've decided to unsubscribe.)