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Archive for October, 2009

Web hosts in US ordered to pay US$32m for web sites’ sale of fake goods

1 October 2009 | Paul Gershlick

 Two Internet service providers - Akanoc Solutions and Managed Solutions – together with the person running them (Steven Chen) have been ordered by a US jury to pay $32m for trade mark and copyright...

Government appoints first Identity Commissioner

1 October 2009 | Paul Gershlick

The government has appointed the first Identity Commissioner. Sir Joseph Pilling took up his role on 1 October. His remit includes overseeing the government’s National Identity Register – the database...

Publicity-seeking celebrities receive less privacy protection from PCC

1 October 2009 | Paul Gershlick

Celebrities who court publicity will now receive less protection from the Press Complaints Commission if their privacy is infringed.  The PCC - a self-regulatory organisation for the press – has published...

Over 50% of most popular web sites use secret cookies that users can’t opt out from

1 October 2009 | Paul Gershlick

Over 50% of the 100 most popular web sites use a type of surreptitious cookie without their knowledge. Cookies are tiny text files which identify a computer to a server as a unique user when the user visits...

Removals business agrees out-of-court settlement to pay £2,000 in damages, plus costs, for using single Getty Images photo from the web without authorisation

1 October 2009 | Paul Gershlick

JA Coles – a removal firm – has agreed to pay £2,000 in damages to Getty Images for using a single image of a mother and daughter smiling at each other. The firm also agreed to pay Getty’s legal...

Health club membership terms not fit enough as OFT requires changes to comply with consumer contract laws

1 October 2009 | Paul Gershlick

Total Fitness UK has agreed to revise its membership agreements for its customers, after the Office of Fair Trading had decided that its terms did not comply with the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts...

Recruitment agents in construction sector fined millions for competition law breaches

1 October 2009 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading – the UK’s competition law regulator – has fined recruitment agents in the building sector nearly £40m for having engaged in anti-competitive conduct, contrary to the...

Over 100 building firms fined for cover pricing

1 October 2009 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading – the UK’s competition law regulator – has fined 103 businesses a total of £130m for having anti-competitive practices, contrary to the Chapter I Prohibition of the Competition...

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