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Facebook's privacy changes get mixed reviews
Social networking giant Facebook announced changes to its privacy controls
yesterday in response to growing criticism. Its simplification of user settings
has been broadly welcomed, but privacy advocates say that its default settings
are still wrong.
27/05/2010
Viewing a website is a 'transactional decision', says OFT's behavioural ad study
OPINION: The OFT has endorsed the UK ad industry's self-regulation of
behavioural advertising. But its conclusion was based in part on a curious
reading of consumer protection regulations, coupled with research that departs
from similar studies.
27/05/2010
OFT calls for labelling of behavioural advertising
Online adverts which are displayed to users based on their web-surfing habits
should be identified by an industry-standard badge to alert internet users,
consumer regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.
26/05/2010
EU expert group meets to begin creation of pan-EU contract law
A group of EU contract law experts has met for the first time as part of
European Commission plans to overhaul consumer contract law. The Commission
plans to create a new legal regime that it hopes will act as a spur to
cross-border online commerce.
25/05/2010
Call centre operators must be more aware of disabled people's needs, says regulator
Businesses that use call centres to deal with the public must make sure that
staff are trained in disability awareness and should overhaul their systems to
make them more usable by people with disabilities, telecoms regulator Ofcom has
said.
24/05/2010
Court of Appeal follows EU trade mark ruling despite disagreeing with it
The Court of Appeal has said that a ruling from the Court of Justice of the
European Union (CJEU) that it must follow is unfair, undermines free speech
rights and damages competition.
21/05/2010
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