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European Commission asks social networks to restrict access to children’s profiles

11 May 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Commission has called on social network sites to restrict access to children’s profiles. Following a survey paid for by the Commission and published by the EUKidsOnline network, it found...

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Information Commissioner investigates Sony PlayStation data theft loss

3 May 2011 | Mark Weston

The Information Commissioner is investigating the circumstances surrounding the loss of millions of people’s personal data, after Sony admitted that its PlayStation Network had faced a hack attack by...

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Digital Economy Act judicial review challenge fails – R (on the application of BT) v BIS, High Court

28 April 2011 | Paul Gershlick

BT and TalkTalk have failed in their bid to get the Digital Economy Act judicially reviewed. The Act was rushed through just before the last Parliament broke up prior to last year’s General Election...

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Company told to change its tune so ads wouldn’t suggest copying music onto different media without copyright owner’s permission

4 April 2011 | Mark Weston

3GA Ltd has been told to change its tune after its ads for its JB7 machine had been interpreted as suggesting that its products could be used for a way that infringed copyright. The JB7 machine was a CD...

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Sale of Goods Act and implied terms did not apply to software supply contract – Southwark LBC v IBM, High Court

31 March 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The parties contracted for IBM to provide its own software, third party software (Orchard’s) which Southwark LBC had asked IBM to provide, and associated services. The framework agreement part of the...

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Dismissal for offensive email sent from home computer was fair – Gosden v Lifeline, Employment Tribunal

8 March 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Lifeline employed Gosden and supplied him to HM Prison Service (HMPS). Outside of working hours and from his home computer, Gosden sent a sexually and racially offensive email to the home computer of a...

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It’s game over for Nintendo as it loses to Commission in anti-competitive distribution arrangements case – Activision Blizzard v European Commission, European Court of Justice

5 March 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Court of Justice has upheld a General Court ruling in favour of a European Commission fine of €168m in 2002 for a breach by Nintendo and some of its European distributors of Article 81 of...

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Hounslow Council fined £70,000 simply for failing to have written contract in place with data processor

3 March 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s data protection regulator - has fined two more councils a combined £150,000 following the theft of two laptops containing sensitive personal data...

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European Commission consults on effectiveness of EU e-signature laws

28 February 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Commission has found another subject to mull over. It has announced that it is looking into whether the European Union laws on electronic signatures need an overhaul in order to reverse what...

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Whatever you do, get your IT contracts right – De Beers UK Limited v Atos Origin IT Services UK Limited, High Court

27 February 2011 | Mark Weston

De Beers, the diamond supplier, had entered into a joint sales agreement with the Botswana Government, and to better perform its obligations under that agreement, De Beers wanted a software system that...

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