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Forced retirement due to age can be justified, rules ECJ
A UK law which allows companies to force people to retire at 65 or at that company's specified retirement age does not necessarily breach European Union laws, the EU's highest court said today.
05/03/2009
Industry’s behavioural ad guidelines criticised by digital rights group
The trade body for the online advertising industry has produced guidelines for companies to follow to ensure that behavioural advertising does not breach users' rights to privacy. Privacy
activists have said the rules do not protect users enough.
05/03/2009
Software escrow can serve as credit crunch insurance, says expert
Companies are being urged to implement software escrow agreements as more and more firms go bust. One legal expert said that companies should go further and assess their whole software supply
chain to protect against the effects of the downturn.
04/03/2009
EU nations oppose extension of data breach notification law
The Council of Ministers of the 27 EU nations has rejected plans that would expand the scope of a European Union security breach law beyond telecoms companies. The European Parliament and
privacy watchdogs had called for the change.
03/03/2009
Companies must pay up undisputed amounts to avoid punitive interest, says Court of Appeal
Companies that withhold all payment for goods or services in order to strengthen their hand in negotiations over disputed amounts will have to pay punitive interest on that money, the Court of
Appeal has said.
02/03/2009
UK opposes copyright exemptions for mash-ups
There should be no new exemption from copyright law for users' adaptations of copyright-protected content, the UK Government has said. To create such an exemption for user-generated content
would ignore the rights of content creators, it said.
02/03/2009
OUT-LAW Radio: Will text-to-speech tech kill the audio book?
05/03/2009: We find out why the publishing industry is worried about
text-to-speech software being included on e-book readers
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