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. Agency worker rights should be set in comparison with staff, advises Government Employers should compare agency workers to members of its staff who do "broadly similar work" in order to establish what rights the temporary worker is entitled to, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has said. 12/05/2011 http://www.out-law.com/page-11917 2. Privacy legislation may be needed, says culture minister The UK may have to pass a new privacy law to take into account new technology, a senior Government minister has said today. 11/05/2011 http://www.out-law.com/page-11916 3. Press Complaints Commission rules Telegraph's 'fishing expedition' unacceptable The Daily Telegraph was wrong to secretly tape conversations between Liberal Democrat MPs and reporters they were constituents, the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled. 11/05/2011 http://www.out-law.com/page-11914 4. ICO publishes new code of practice for personal data sharing Organisations must make sure they only share the personal data necessary to achieve their objectives according to guidance published by privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). 11/05/2011 http://www.out-law.com/page-11912 5. Google infringes copyright when its services link to newspaper sites, Belgian court rules A Belgian appeals court has upheld an earlier ruling that Google infringes on newspapers' copyright when its services display and link to content from newspaper websites, according to press reports. 10/05/2011 http://www.out-law.com/page-11911 6. Treating licensees differently to their competitors does not constitute unreasonable discrimination, Copyright Tribunal rules Agencies acting for copyright holders can charge different companies different royalty rates without engaging in unlawful discrimination, the Copyright Tribunal has ruled. 10/05/2011 http://www.out-law.com/page-11910 ***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.