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 2009: This event attracts both users and suppliers of outsourcing services from a wide range of sectors. It provides a platform for senior business figures to debate key issues and discuss the effects of the economic climate on outsourcing both in the immediate and the long-term. See: http://www.marketforce.eu.com/outlaw ***Free OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminars*** London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and Edinburgh October 2009: Behavioural advertising and the law November 2009: The future of payments See: http://www.out-law.com/page-6024 ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. Behavioural advertising and customised pricing face OFT scrutiny The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will investigate whether behavioural advertising and individually-targeted prices on the internet violate the rights of UK consumers'. 15/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10453 2. Call centre recordings could breach payment card industry security rules More than 95% of call centres were found to store customers' credit card details in recordings of phone conversations in breach of industry rules, according to a survey conducted by a call recording technology company. 15/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10450 3. Financial firms face VAT bill on outsourcing arrangements Banks, insurance companies and other financial services providers who outsource administrative functions abroad could be hit by changes to the VAT rules coming into force on 1st January 2010. 15/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10448 4. UK should do more on spam and spyware, says EU report The UK is not doing enough to deter spammers and combat the use of malicious computer code to damage users' computers, according to a study commissioned by the European Commission. 15/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10447 5. Proposed age law for online retail faces Parliamentary scrutiny A proposal that will force online retailers to take extra steps to ensure that young people cannot buy or access inappropriate goods or material will move one step closer to becoming law on Monday. 14/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10446 6. Reporting bans may lose their power in Twitter age says expert after Guardian ban is lifted The editor of a newspaper which was banned from reporting on the tabling of a question in Parliament has thanked the users of micro-blogging service Twitter for their role in what he called a "victory for free speech". 13/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10443 ***OUT-LAW Radio: Class actions to come to Scotland?*** We look into a review of Scottish litigation that recommends the introduction of the controversial class action process that some people could see as either the saviour of consumers or a gravy train for greedy lawyers. 15/10/2009 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.