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Government unveils plans to reduce number of employment tribunal claims
The Government will remove the right of employees of one year standing to make
unfair dismissal claims, will allow more Employment Tribunals to sit with a
single judge and could ask claimants to pay to make a claim, it has said.
27/01/2011
Intel purchase of McAfee cleared by EU after Intel makes interoperability promises
The European Commission has approved Intel's purchase of security software
company McAfee after the chip maker promised to ensure that other security
software worked with its hardware.
27/01/2011
Government lays ISP copyright notification plans before Parliament
The Government has laid before Parliament its proposal on how the controversial
copyright infringement notification system proposed in last year's Digital
Economy Act (DEA) will work.
26/01/2011
Academics urge EU bodies to reject ACTA
The governing bodies of the European Union should reject the Anti Counterfeiting
Trade Agreement (ACTA) because it does not comply with EU or international law,
a collection of law academics has said.
26/01/2011
Privacy watchdog urges stronger data protection in EU law review
Organisations which lose personal data should be forced to disclose the data
security breach, the European Union's privacy watchdog has said. Planned changes
to EU privacy law do not go far enough, said the official.
24/01/2011
Already-published information ensures anonymity for privacy case subject, rules court
The identity of a person at the centre of an alleged photograph and video
blackmail attempt can stay anonymous, the High Court has ruled. Anonymity is
required because some information about the case is already in the public
domain, it said.
24/01/2011
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