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 access our archive of weekly emails at http://www.out-law.com/page-7793. The OUT-LAW Team ***The Sourcing Summit*** London, 18th & 19th November 2008: Marketforce is hosting The Sourcing Summit at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, a 2 day conference. See: http://www.marketforce.eu.com/sourcing/ ***Free OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminars*** London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and Edinburgh November 2008: Transferring data: the information security issues See: http://www.out-law.com/page-6024 ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. ECJ says websites need phone numbers or web forms Companies have to provide a means of contact on their websites in addition to their postal and email addresses, the European Court of Justice has ruled. A telephone number, or a contact form that is answered within 60 minutes, were deemed acceptable. 30/10/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9545 2. EU privacy chiefs update rules for overseas data transfers The European Union's data protection authorities have published amended guidance on how companies can legally share customer and staff personal data with parts of the firm located outside the European Union. 30/10/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9546 3. Scratch card operator punished for having too many prizes available A scratch card operator has been ordered to pull its advertising because it did not have in stock the exact number of prizes claimed by its scratch cards. The advertising watchdog has criticised the company for stocking more prizes than advertised. 30/10/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9548 4. Linking to defamatory material is not the same as publishing it, says Canadian court The publisher of a link to defamatory material does not have any liability for that defamation, a Canadian court has ruled. Liability could only exist if the link publisher made any statement relating to the defamatory material itself, the court said. 28/10/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9538 5. IT contractor broke copyright and database laws in data raid on playground firm An IT contractor who was part of a raid on a company, copied all of its electronic business records and locked staff out of computer systems, infringed copyright and database rights, the High Court has ruled. 28/10/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9535 6. ICANN backs anti-tasting plan, sets bespoke domain price at $185,000 The body that governs internet addresses has adopted a plan to battle domain tasting, a practice which businesses claim allows unscrupulous operators to earn millions trading on familiar brand names. 28/10/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9536 ***OUT-LAW Radio: Should Google pay out typosquatting billions?*** We talk to the lawyer who wants ad and search giant Google to pay out one thousand dollars a time for typosquatting sites that display its ads. 30/10/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-7212 ***About this email*** This is a weekly email for subscribers of OUT-LAW.COM, a website with more than 8,000 pages of free legal news and guidance. If and when you need further advice, we hope you'll choose Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind OUT-LAW.COM. 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.) This email is sent on behalf of Pinsent Masons LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England & Wales (registered number: OC333653) and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The word 'partner', used in relation to the LLP, refers to a member of the LLP or an employee or consultant of the LLP or any affiliated firm who has equivalent standing and qualifications. A list of the members of the LLP, and of those non-members who are designated as partners, is displayed at the LLP's registered office: CityPoint, One Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9AH, United Kingdom.