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 ***IT procurement after the EDS ruling, May 2010*** Free OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminars London, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Hong Kong. To register and for more information: http://out-law.com/page-6024 ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-11017 2. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-11015 3. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-11014 4. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-11013 5. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-11011 6. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-11008 ***OUT-LAW Radio will be back soon*** 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 10,000 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.