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GSMA guidelines accepted by mobile phone companies

7 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

The GSMA, which represents mobile phone operators, has published privacy guidelines for “Mobile Application Development”. It is hoped that the guidelines will give “app” users better transparency,...

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Preconception agreements: should a sperm doner have increased contact with his biological son?

7 March 2012 | Amanda Melton

I have recently written an article for the journal Family Law Online on an interesting case which was recently heard at the Court of Appeal. To read the article, please click here. The case concerns...

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More criticism of Google’s privacy changes

7 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

On 1 March 2012, Google consolidated all of its privacy policies into one, so that personal data collected through one Google service can be shared with other Google services such as YouTube, Gmail and...

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Information Commissioner’s Office gives mixed reaction to proposed new EU data protection laws

5 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s data protection regulator – has given a mixed reaction to the proposed new European Union’s data protection laws. Overall, the ICO welcomes a...

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Information Commissioner calls again for prison sentences for data blagging

5 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner – the UK’s data protection regulator – has called again for the introduction of prison sentences for data blagging. Data blagging is the obtaining personal data from...

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European Banking Authority asks for ban on “.bank” and “.fin” domain names

5 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has urged the Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names (ICANN) to withdraw the availability of “.bank” and “.fin” general top level domain names (gTLDs). ICANN...

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Uprising against Empty Rates

5 March 2012 | Madeleine Wakeley

Empty rates has been nicknamed "the bombsite Britain tax" on account of the fact that it has led owners to demolish empty buildings rather than pay the tax. This is  a far cry from encouraging regeneration...

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Calls for stronger international counterfeiting laws after fake Avastin drug found

2 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

There have been calls for stronger anti-counterfeiting laws after fakes of Roche’s Avastin cancer drugs have been found in the US. An investigation has revealed several different distributors involved...

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Matthew Arnold & Baldwin helps launch ground-breaking Raspberry Pi computer

1 March 2012 | Ted Mercer

The TMT team at Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP have recently drafted a commercialisation and distribution (OEM) contract for the Raspberry Pi Foundation. The Raspberry Pi is a credit-card sized, low-cost...

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Merck the latest to announce job cuts as pharma industry faces the “patent cliff”

28 February 2012 | Paul Gershlick

Merck, the international pharmaceutical giant, has become the latest pharma company to announce job cuts and restructuring.  At this stage, it has not said how many jobs will go or where that will happen. ...

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