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Home Office vows to better protect personal data
The Home Office has promised privacy regulator the Information Commissioner's
Office (ICO) that it will handle citizens' personal data securely in the future,
after the ICO found it in breach of the Data Protection Act.
22/01/2009
New EU rules on non-contractual disputes come into force
New EU rules on which country's law should govern disputes in tort (such as
claims for negligence and misrepresentation), have come into force. The
regulation, known as Rome II, took effect across Europe on 11th January.
22/01/2009
UK consumers could win rights of direct action under unfair trading law
The European Parliament has called for a change to the way the UK has
implemented consumer protection laws to allow cheated customers to take direct
action against businesses.
22/01/2009
UK databases of usable patents go live
Two databases have been launched which will enable anyone wishing to use an
invention to find out if their use is legal. The Intellectual Property Office
(IPO) has published the database of patents.
22/01/2009
Workers earn holiday entitlement when off sick, says ECJ
Workers will be able to build up holiday entitlements even when absent on sick
leave and will be able to carry over untaken leave until subsequent years, the
European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said. The ruling will force a change in UK
law.
21/01/2009
Government data sharing plan could extend to private sector
A Government plan to allow more extensive sharing of personal data is not
restricted to the public sector and could result in Government-collected
information being shared with private companies, a privacy expert has said.
16/01/2009
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