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Ryanair wins German screen scraping injunction
Ryanair has claimed a German court victory against a tour company it has accused
of screen scraping its website against its wishes. The airline said that Hamburg
Regional Court has awarded it an injunction against Vtours.
10/07/2008
US tracking company runs into Phorm-like storm
A US company offering traffic-tracking technology to ISPs who want to generate
highly targeted advertising will face questions from the US Senate this week.
Privacy advocates have said that use of the technology might break anti-spying
laws.
10/07/2008
Nominet changes fail to cut primary cost of domain name dispute, says expert
The body in charge of the .uk internet domain has announced changes to its
dispute resolution policies that will make it cheaper to win unopposed disputes
but will not address the high cost of preparing cases.
10/07/2008
Lords overrule courts, criticise Scottish Information Commissioner
The House of Lords has overturned decisions of the Court of Session and the
Scottish Information Commissioner and required the Commissioner to re-examine a
request for access to medical statistics.
09/07/2008
Many online retailers miss security deadline
Online retailers must now use an additional layer of security to protect credit
cards from fraud, but experts have said that many card processors have missed
last week's industry-set deadline.
08/07/2008
Privacy group protests about Street View, but Google says blurring protects privacy
A privacy pressure group has told Google that its Street View photography
service might break the law. But the company says that its technical measures
will safeguard people's privacy.
07/07/2008
OUT-LAW Radio: The legal hurdles facing a fantasy news service
10/07/2008: We talk to the team behind an entertaining new fantasy news service about the legal hurdles they have had to leap to promote their business in the US.
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