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 EU's new cookie law and online ads, should website owners worry? May / June 2011*** Free OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminars Manchester, Leeds, London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow To register and for more information: http://out-law.com/page-6024 ***Social media and you*** Help us to understand your needs with our social media survey. http://out-law.com/page-11896 ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. IP addresses alone cannot be used to identify individuals, US judge says An IP address on its own cannot be used to identify who has carried out activity on computer networks, a US judge has ruled. 05/05/2011 http://www.out-law.com/page-11901 2. Microsoft browser can now control flash cookies, company claims Users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser will be able to delete the data websites collect about them using Flash cookies, the company has said. 05/05/2011 http://www.out-law.com/page-11902 3. National competition regulators should co-operate on merger investigations, says Commission group Competition watchdogs across Europe should work together when assessing the same merger, experts have told the European Commission. While authorities should work together this should not be in a formal joint investigation, they said. 05/05/2011 http://www.out-law.com/page-11898 4. Volunteer could not claim disability discrimination because he had no employment contract, judge rules A paid army volunteer could not claim he had been discriminated against due to disability when work for the army stopped because he did not have an employment contract, an employment appeal tribunal judge has ruled. 04/05/2011 http://www.out-law.com/page-11897 5. Information Commissioner gets new powers to fine for spam emails Organisations that make unwanted marketing phone calls or send spam emails to consumers could face fines of up to £500,000, the Government has warned. 04/05/2011 http://www.out-law.com/page-11893 6. Child's right to privacy in danger if redacted documents were publishable, court says Redacted information in a document that can be easily deciphered and contains personal information about a child should be prevented from being published in the media, the Court of Appeal has ruled. 04/05/2011 http://www.out-law.com/page-11892 ***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 is a lawyer with equivalent standing and qualifications. A list of members of the LLP, and of those non-members who are designated as partners, is displayed at the LLP's registered office: 30 Crown Place, London, EC2A 4ES, United Kingdom. We use 'Pinsent Masons' to refer to Pinsent Masons LLP and affiliated entities that practise under the name 'Pinsent Masons' or a name that incorporates those words. Reference to 'Pinsent Masons' is to Pinsent Masons LLP and/or one or more of those affiliated entities as the context requires. For important regulatory information please visit: http://www.pinsentmasons.com.