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Employee claims constructive dismissal after resigning following his uploading of CV onto LinkedIn

6 January 2012 | Paul Gershlick

An employee of BG Group has claimed constructive dismissal after resigning following a row over his uploading of his CV onto LinkedIn, the business social networking website. The human resources professional...

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Murky trade mark mess as German Merck takes action against Facebook for US Merck use of Facebook page

25 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Merck KGaA has applied for a court order to receive information from Facebook after the German drugs giant claims to have discovered that the social networking site had allegedly allowed its American pharmaceutical...

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EU Justice Minister signals massive overhaul towards far stricter data protection laws for business

17 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Businesses will need to obtain explicit prior consent from individuals before processing data about them and give them the right to have their data deleted at any time especially if they post data on the...

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Facebook announces new security measures to protect users as it reveals 600,000 attempts a day by impostors seeking to access accounts

30 October 2011 | Mark Weston

Facebook receives a staggering 600,000 logins from impostors seeking to access users’ accounts. Facebook is concerned about its users’ security as an impostor can access all the user’s information,...

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EC publishes report on child safety on social-networking websites

19 October 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Commission (EC) has published a report on child safety on social-networking websites. It is the second report since an agreement was reached with social networking website providers in 2009...

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Twitter agrees to UK council request to disclose details of Tweeter

1 July 2011 | Paul Gershlick

Twitter has agreed to disclose the details to South Tyneside Council of a user who was critical of the council on its site. The Californian-based organisation received a request from a Californian court...

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Juror gets eight months in jail for contempt of court for Facebook chat with defendant

17 June 2011 | Mark Weston

The Lord Chief Justice gave a speech in Belfast in November 2010 in which he specifically warned jurors about the risks of discussing a case online via social media, saying that it could easily be considered...

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Facebook proposes to allow under-13s to create accounts

4 June 2011 | Mark Weston

Facebook is proposing to allow children under 13 to create user accounts on its social networking site. The reason it makes 13 the boundary is due to requirements of US law. There is no similar law in...

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Now LinkedIn the latest high profile site accused of having security flaws for user details

3 June 2011 | Mark Weston

LinkedIn has security flaws that enable hackers to access users’ profiles without needing passwords, Rishi Narang, a security consultant, has claimed. Narang said that the vulnerability results from...

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Article 29 Working Party leaves geo-location service providers disorientated after strict data protection opinion about geo-location data

2 June 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The Article 29 Working Party has concluded an opinion on geo-location services on smart mobile devices (such as smart phones and tablet computers) by saying that they are linked to natural persons and...

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