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 ***Social Media Influence: How Social media came of age and companies and brands joined the conversation*** Social Media Influence, now in its fourth year, is a one-day conference dedicated to the profound changes social media is having on corporate communications, marketing and media. The event will be held March 3rd, 2009 in London. See: http://www.screenevents.co.uk/smi_09/index.html ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. Firm sued over multiple use of individual's FT.com login The Financial Times (FT) is suing a company it accuses of using one access account for many users. The FT claims that investment group Blackstone encouraged staff to dodge the cost of multiple subscriptions to its services. 05/02/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9770 2. ICO helps organisations identify 'personal data' Privacy and data protection watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published a guide to help organisations decide if information they hold is caught by the Data Protection Act (DPA). 04/02/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9768 3. European court expands image privacy rights The European Court of Human Rights has expanded the reach of privacy rights by ruling that a photographer breached someone's privacy just by taking a photograph, even though that photograph was never published. 04/02/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9764 4. Websites for children must register their moderators, says new law Organisations with interactive websites likely to be used mainly by children must ensure that staff moderating the sites are not barred from working with children from October. 03/02/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9762 5. Parliament probes privacy law, could give it legislative 'nudge' Parliament will investigate privacy law in the UK and may give the law a 'nudge', Justice Minister Jack Straw has said. A select committee of MPs will look into how the law has developed and how it is being implemented by courts, he said. 03/02/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9763 6. ICO urges organisations to promise to do better on privacy The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has asked businesses and public bodies to promise that they will do more than their legal duty to protect the privacy of people whose personal data they hold. 02/02/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-9756 ***OUT-LAW Radio: IP in ivory towers: cash or conscience?*** We look at the way that Universities exploit their intellectual property and ask: are they too focused on raising money at the expense of social benefit? 05/02/2009 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.