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Phorm and BT won’t be prosecuted for targeted ad trial undertaken without users’ knowledge

15 April 2011 | Mark Weston

Phorm and BT will not be prosecuted for their trial of Phorm’s targeted ad technology on BT’s users without those users’ knowledge. Following the controversial trial, it emerged that there were deficiencies...

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Is this the way the cookies crumble? EU law ambiguity causes concern

30 November 2010 | Simon Weinberg

In 2009 the European Union (EU) passed a new law called the Citizens Rights Directive for Internet tracking files such as cookies, under which the businesses placing those cookies had to obtain a consumer’s...

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Government recommends change to interception law following EU threat

17 November 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Home Office has recommended a change in the laws relating to interception of communications. A complaint had been made to the European Commission following BT’s controversial trial of the Phorm targeted...

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European Commission takes UK to court over failure to protect privacy and data

11 October 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The European Commission has announced that it is taking the UK to the European Court of Justice for failure to properly implement European Union rules protecting protection of data and privacy. The issue...

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Information Commissioner issues code of practice for online behavioural advertising

20 July 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s data protection regulator – has issued a code of practice dealing with online behavioural advertising issues. Online behavioural advertising refers...

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European Union Article 29 Working Party says consent for cookies cannot be implied by computer settings but has to be express

8 July 2010 | Mark Weston

Last year, the European Union published a Citizens' Rights Directive amending the 2002 Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive. The upshot of the change - which must be brought into each country's...

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Latest news and views tagged behavioural advertising

Phorm and BT won’t be prosecuted for targeted ad trial undertaken without users’ knowledge

Is this the way the cookies crumble? EU law ambiguity causes concern

Government recommends change to interception law following EU threat

European Commission takes UK to court over failure to protect privacy and data

Information Commissioner issues code of practice for online behavioural advertising

European Union Article 29 Working Party says consent for cookies cannot be implied by computer settings but has to be express

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