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ITU report ranks UK fourth for broadband speeds globally

25 September 2011 | Simon Weinberg

A report by the International Telecommunication Union (part of the United Nations) has ranked the UK fourth out of 38 countries for fixed-line broadband Internet access speeds. It was also reported...

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Horse van owner kicks back as ASA rules that websites should not use pictures of other people’s property without their consent

24 September 2011 | Mark Weston

Websites and adverts should not display a copy of other people’s identifiable property without their permission.  To do so would breach the CAP Code, which the Advertising Standards Authority administers. ...

Police could be given powers to act as judge and jury in suspending domain names and websites without court order

23 September 2011 | Mark Weston

Police could be given powers to suspend the use of domain names and websites without getting a court order.  Nominet – the domain name registry in charge of the operation of the “.uk” domain names...

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TripAdvisor strongly denies claims of dishonesty on its site as ASA investigates complaint from KwikChex

19 September 2011 | Mark Weston

TripAdvisor – the website where travel lovers post reviews of their holiday experiences – is coming under the scrutiny of the Advertising Standards Authority after a complaint has been that its site...

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Lack of specific consent amounted to game changer in targeted football fans sponsorship contract – Playup Interactive Entertainment v Givemefootball, High Court

13 September 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Givemefootball hosted the Professional Footballers’ Association’s website and ran the PFA Fans Awards, whereby football fans vote for their favourite players. Playup ran an interactive gaming business...

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WikiLeaks discovers confidentiality is important and sues Guardian for alleged breach

5 September 2011 | Simon Weinberg | 1 comment

WikiLeaks is suing The Guardian for an alleged breach of confidentiality. The website that came to the fore when it published secrets discovered from the US government, is now calling a practice that blows...

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Bayer violated ABPI Code of Conduct by promoting prescription only medicine through Twitter

26 August 2011 | Paul Gershlick

  In using Twitter to promote its medicine, Bayer has breached the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry Code of Conduct by advertising a prescription only medicine to the public or by...

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ICO says Google doing reasonably in private

26 August 2011 | Mark Weston

In November 2010 Google signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for the ICO to conduct audits of its privacy procedures after it was reported that Google’s ‘Street...

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Government rules out website blocking by ISPs

23 August 2011 | Mark Weston

The controversial Digital Economy Act 2010 (DEA), passed at the end of the last Government’s life, contained a key provision that would compel Internet service providers (ISPs) to block copyright infringing...

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Modernising plans for IP in the UK announced

21 August 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Government has announced plans to modernise intellectual property laws in the UK based on the recommendations of the Hargreaves Report. The Government hopes that the changes will provide much needed...

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