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EU privacy watchdogs say Facebook changes 'unacceptable'
Europe's privacy watchdogs have issued a rebuke to Facebook, telling the social
networking site that changes it made to the site's privacy settings late last
year were 'unacceptable'.
13/05/2010
Government outlines plans on privacy and surveillance
The new Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition Government said that it will
beef up freedom of information law and reduce the number of people whose details
are held on the Government's DNA database.
13/05/2010
Companies should ensure that World Cup concessions are equally applied, says expert
Companies must be careful to ensure that any concessions they make to football
fans during this year's World Cup benefit all workers equally, according to one
employment law expert.
13/05/2010
Woman loses privacy case over Bebo pictures published in magazine
A magazine did not intrude into a young woman's privacy when it published photos
that she had uploaded to social networking site Bebo when she was 15 because the
images had already been widely circulated online.
13/05/2010
Software company's liability clause was not 'reasonable', says High Court
A software company's stipulation that customers could not take action against it
for the poor performance of its software was unfair and could not be enforced,
the High Court has said.
11/05/2010
Google demands protection from re-filed copyright law suit
Google has asked a court to rule on whether it is liable for pages found on its
sites that contain links to unlawfully shared music. The record label dropped
the suit but Google has demanded a ruling in its favour.
10/05/2010
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