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The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee has issued a report calling for the Press Complaints Commission to recommend journalists to pre-notify people who are the subject of stories before...
European data protection supervisor concerned over data protection issues with international anti-counterfeiting trade agreement
Peter Hustinx – the European data protection supervisor – has expressed concern that the anti-counterfeiting trade agreement currently being negotiated may not be protecting people’s data protection...
Freedom of Speech 1 John Terry 0 – LNS v Persons Unknown, High Court
The recent tidal wave of the developing laws of privacy has been halted with the High Court’s recent refusal to continue an injunction stopping the reporting of the indiscretions of a footballer. John...
Virgin controversially trials new software to get info on peer-to-peer file-sharers
Virgin Media is planning to trial new software called CView which would analyse file-sharing by its customers. Privacy International – a privacy rights watchdog – has taken issue with the Internet...
Social networking use creates creeping threat to privacy, according to academic
People routinely posting embarrassing personal details and photos on social networking sites are eroding all of our collective privacy rights. That is according to Dr Kieron O’Hara, a Senior Research...
Premier League boss caught in a brothel – but tabloids unable to reveal his identity because of creeping privacy laws
A football Premier League manager has been caught virtually with his trousers down in morally questionable circumstances. However, The Sun newspaper (which broke the story) and other tabloids have been...
Facebook criticised over new privacy settings
Facebook – the social networking phenomenon – has come under fierce criticism for changing the way the privacy settings operate for users. It recently invited users to change their settings, even where...
School admits to loss of laptop containing sensitive personal data of over 1,000 pupils and staff
A school has admitted storing sensitive personal data of about 1,200 pupils and staff on an unencrypted laptop, which was subsequently stolen. The Information Commissioner’s Office – the regulator...
Government appoints first CCTV regulator
The Government has appointed a CCTV regulator for the first time. It follows concerns raised by the House of Lords Constitution Committee that the huge rise in surveillance and data collection by public...
Personal data of customers at leading UK mobile phone company sold by staff for substantial sums to brokers and used by other mobile phone firms
Staff at a leading mobile phone company in the UK sold data about their employer’s customers to brokers in flagrant breach of the Data Protection Act. Customers had wondered why they were being contacted...
Kraft/Cadbury deal prompts calls for reform of takeover laws
Italian prison sentences for Google executives for user-generated material sends shockwaves across the Internet
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Computer games designer’s failure to disclose his previous ideas meant employing company owned them – Burrows v Smith, High Court
Computer games designer’s failure to disclose his previous ideas meant employing company owned them – Burrows v Smith, High Court
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