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What is personal data? Information Commissioner updates guidance
The Information Commissioner's Office published new guidance yesterday that explains its view of what counts as personal data under the DPA. Information that is not personal data today may become personal data as technology advances, it says. 30/08/2007
Google, Yahoo! and Amazon sued over email patent
The biggest names on the internet have been sued by a patent holding company which claims the firms are violating its rights by automatically routing email messages. 29/08/2007
All of world's biggest firms hit by typosquatting
The world's 500 biggest companies have all fallen victim to typosquatting. OUT-LAW research has found that the fast-growing trend of making ad money from web domains similar to famous brands affects all the world's biggest firms. 29/08/2007
AT&T lawyers could sue over iPhone unlocking
A Northern Ireland company that claims it can make Apple's iPhone work on any mobile network in the world says that it has shelved its proposed solution after receiving a threatening phone call in the middle of the night from a Silicon Valley law firm. 28/08/2007
Privacy and law: 10 ways to win public trust in a surveillance society
OPINION: The Data Protection Act is not strong enough to protect privacy in today's surveillance society. Dr Chris Pounder proposes 10 universal standards to buttress the Act and create balance whenever there is interference in private and family life. 24/08/2007
Church court says yes to mobile mast
A church has been given permission to install a 3G mobile phone mast on its tower despite there being a risk that the mast will transmit unsavoury content. An ecclesiastical appeals court has overturned an earlier order and allowed the mast's installation. 24/08/2007
30/08/2007: We ask why half of employees are now blocked from Facebook, how the site can cause companies trouble and why users are making friends with a frog.
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