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Mark Weston

Expertise: Mark works across all areas of commercial law, information technology (IT) law, intellectual property (IP) law, on-line commerce law and media law.

Clients: Just some of Mark's more well-known clients include Groupon, RTL Group S.A., Elstree Film Studios, Sanyo, mysupermarket.co.uk, Retailcorp Brands LLC, Maxell, The Gulf Marketing Group, Playboy UK, Imagination Technologies Plc, GOOP.com (Gwyneth Paltrow) and the BBC.

More unusual: Mark appears regularly on BBC1 (usually providing advice on-screen to BBC Watchdog) and also on Sky News as a legal commentator. More about Mark...

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Rise in requests for content removal from Google

2 November 2011 | Mark Weston

As part of it bi-annual transparency report, Google has revealed that, for the period of January to June of this year, there has been a 71% increase in requests for content to be removed from its services,...

Tags on this discussion: content content removal data data protection defamation Google illegal infringement Internet national security Online online content privacy removal of content security unauthorised unlawful web web site web sites Website website content websites YouTube

Facebook announces new security measures to protect users as it reveals 600,000 attempts a day by impostors seeking to access accounts

30 October 2011 | Mark Weston

Facebook receives a staggering 600,000 logins from impostors seeking to access users’ accounts. Facebook is concerned about its users’ security as an impostor can access all the user’s information,...

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BEREC publishes draft net neutrality guidelines

29 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications (BEREC) has published draft guidelines on how end users are to be informed about the way their Internet service is managed within the European...

Tags on this discussion: BEREC Body of European Regulators of Electronic Communications consultation consumer download download limit download limits electronic network EU EU law European law European Union fair usage policy Internet Internet service Internet service provider Internet service providers Internet user ISP ISPs net neutrality network network congestion Online online consumer service provider service providers web web site web sites Website website content websites

Failed judicial review of the Digital Economy Act to be appealed

28 October 2011 | Mark Weston

Earlier this year, BT and TalkTalk, the Internet services providers (ISPs), brought an unsuccessful application for judicial review of the Digital Economy Act to the High Court, and then subsequently were...

Tags on this discussion: BT copyright copyright infringement Court of Appeal DEA Digital Economy Act Digital Economy Act 2010 file-share file-sharer file-sharing High Court illegal infringement Intellectual property intellectual property rights Internet Internet access Internet service provider Internet service providers IP ISP ISPs judicial review Online TalkTalk unauthorised unlawful web web site web sites Website website content websites

MPs Committee proposes that websites can keep up allegedly defamatory postings if written by identified authors and accompanied by complaints

27 October 2011 | Mark Weston

An MPs’ report on the draft Defamation Bill going through Parliament has proposed that a distinction be drawn for online libel purposes between identified authors and anonymous posters. The situation...

Tags on this discussion: defamation Defamation bill Internet use Internet user libel Libel Reform Bill libellous libelous On-line Online online content postings take-down UGC user-generated content web web content web postings web site web site content web sites web-host webhost Website website content websites

ASA reiterates that card surcharges must be well indicated

26 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint that it received in relation to a website that was not clear about credit and debit card surcharges. The website had added a £1 or £2...

Tags on this discussion: advert advertising Advertising Standard Authority adverts ASA CAP code card surcharge commercial agreement Commercial contract commercial contracts consumer consumer contract Consumer Rights Directive contract contract law contracts credit card credit card surcharge debit card debit card surcharge e-commerce EU EU law European Union European Union law illegal infringement Internet job advertisements marketing marketing campaign misleading misleading advertising Office of Fair Trading OFT Online online content online payment method payment payment method surcharge unauthorised unlawful web web site web sites Website website content websites

ASA tells competitors to try to resolve disputes amicably before involving the ASA

23 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The Advertising Standards Authority has told businesses that they should try to resolve disputes with their competitors before flagging them up with the ASA. The ASA is the industry’s voluntary regulator...

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EC publishes report on child safety on social-networking websites

19 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Commission (EC) has published a report on child safety on social-networking websites. It is the second report since an agreement was reached with social networking website providers in 2009...

Tags on this discussion: child protection child safety data data protection EC EU Europe European Commission European Union Internet Online personal data privacy social media social network social networking social networking site social networking website unauthorised unlawful web web site web sites Website website content websites

ASA calls sunburn photo website competition “irresponsible”

11 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against DMC Digital’s website after it had run a competition called “earn with your burn” where entrants had to send photos of their sunburned...

Tags on this discussion: ad ads advert advertisement advertisements adverts ASA CAP code CAP Code breach Internet Internet use On-line Online online content web content web site web sites Website website content websites

ASA reports surge in complaints for it to deal with incorrect messages on businesses’ own websites

10 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The Advertising Standards Authority has dealt with a surge in complaints about breaches of the CAP Code since its remit was extended to regulate content on people’s own websites. The CAP Code is a code...

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