1 September 2010 | Paul Gershlick
52% of employees would steal their employer’s property before leaving their employment. Nearly a quarter would take customer contact details, while a similar number would take stationery. These are the...
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27 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick
UK Internet users have a 1 in 63 chance on any given day of suffering an online attack when they are on the web. The world average is 1 in 73. Going online in Africa and South America were much safer than...
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26 August 2010 | Mark Weston
An Argentinian appeal court has overturned a controversial 2008 ruling in which search engines had been made liable for the content of sites to which those search engines provided links in the results...
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24 August 2010 | Mark Weston
Facebook has launched a new feature that allows people to see where a user is. Facebook has extolled the virtues of Facebook Places by saying that it is useful for two friends to see if they are both in...
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24 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick
The signs of economic recovery are looking good, as online sales have grown at their fastest rate for three years. Between July 2009 and the same month in 2010, sales grew by 18%. Sales in that month were...
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24 August 2010 | Mark Weston
The Government is consulting on European Union proposals to reform and harmonise contract law across the EU. The details of the EU’s suggestions were reported here: http://www.mablaw.com/2010/07/european-commission-consults-on-new-eu-wide-contract-law/....
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20 August 2010 | Mark Weston
The European Commission has launched its latest consultation. This time, it is asking all interested parties – including retailers, governments and consumers – for the reasons why e-commerce trade...
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20 August 2010 | Paul Gershlick
This case surrounded an allegation of defamation made by Islam Expo against The Spectator and a journalist who wrote an online article for the magazine. The article contained links to other web pages and...
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