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British Airways fined £58.5m for exchange of commercially sensitive information over fuel surcharges with Virgin Atlantic

3 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Office of Fair Trading has fined British Airways £58.5m for exchanging commercially sensitive information with its competitor, Virgin Atlantic, between 2004 and 2006. The information exchange led...

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Citizens Advice service to take on consumer protection role

3 May 2012 | Simon Weinberg

Government proposals have detailed how the Citizens Advice service (CA) is to take over certain consumer protection responsibilities from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in respect of consumer advice...

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Marathon data publication to be investigated by Information Commissioner’s Office

3 May 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The London Marathon organisers are being investigated by the Information Commissioner’s Office after the names, email addresses and home addresses of all 38,000 participants in this year’s competition...

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New cookie law to be enforced from 26th May

1 May 2012 | Simon Weinberg

The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 will be enforced by the Information Commissioner’s Office from 26 May 2012. The Regulations require website operators...

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Jet2 successful in its endeavours against Blackpool Airport – Jet2.com Ltd v Blackpool Airport Ltd, Court of Appeal

1 May 2012 | Simon Weinberg

Last year, the High Court considered a dispute between Blackpool Airport and Jet2, the low-cost airline, over the meaning of “all reasonable endeavours” in a contract between them. The dispute related...

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At least 1 in 10 second hand hard drives still contain personal information and half contain some information

25 April 2012 | Paul Gershlick

11% of 200 hard drives bought second-hand from eBay and other locations in an investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office contained personal data. Half of all of the drives contained some...

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Regulators’ body advises that consent needed for use of image recognition technology

24 April 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Article 29 Working Party has advised that social networking sites such as Facebook should get specific consent from users before suggesting to other users that photos those subsequent users are uploading...

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ICO says publication of Operation Motorman files is a likely breach of the DPA

24 April 2012 | Simon Weinberg

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection regulator, has condemned the publication online of records recovered during an investigation called “Operation Motorman”. Operation...

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Jaguar not stopped from terminating distribution agreement without cause based on alleged pre-contract meeting discussions – Ghanem Al-Thani Holdings v Jaguar, High Court

24 April 2012 | Paul Gershlick

Jaguar appointed Ghanem as its sole distributor in Qatar. Jaguar terminated the agreement without cause on 12 months’ notice, as it was entitled to do under the agreement. Ghanem argued that it had been...

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Internet filtering law to restrict access to pornographic material proposed

24 April 2012 | Simon Weinberg

A new Bill proposed to Parliament, if approved, would oblige Internet service providers (ISPs) to prevent customers from accessing pornographic images unless those customers have specifically notified...

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