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Newzbin2, an illegal file-sharing and download website that BT was ordered to block access to in October 2011, has been in the news regularly in the last year or so. Now it has been revealed that the barrister...
“32″ and “red” marks appeal rejected by Court of Appeal – WHG (International) Ltd v 32 Red Plc, Court of Appeal
In February 2011, the High Court ruled that two European Community Trade Marks for the “32RED” word and a figurative trade mark comprising “32” and “red” had been infringed by “32Vegas”...
Government announces action against payment card surcharges
Following the Office of Fair Trading’s response to a super-complaint by the consumer watchdog “Which?” in relation to payment surcharges in the transport industry, HM Treasury and the Department...
European Commission to consult over website take-down procedures
The European Commission is going to consult this year over take-down procedures for websites. Under the Electronic Commerce Directive, websites have no liability for illegal content that they host as long...
Sussex hospital facing £375,000 fine after hard drives with thousands of patient data ended up on eBay
Following on from the Information Commissioner Office targeting the health sector for enforcement action for breaches of the Data Protection Act, the ICO has written to Brighton General Hospital proposing...
ICO gives verdict on implementation of new cookies rules: websites must do better
The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s data protection regulator - has given a damming report on websites’ implementation of new cookies laws, under which website users must receive clear...
Ticket exchange website loses as Court of Appeal orders disclosure of information about sellers for sale of tickets above face value – RFU v Viagogo, Court of Appeal
A ticket exchange website has been ordered to hand over to the Rugby Football Union details of people who have sold on its site England rugby tickets for above the ticket’s face value. Sales above face...
ICO advises communications providers to inform of data protection breaches every month
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has released updated guidance in which it advises electronic communication providers to inform the ICO of breaches to users’ personal data each month. The...
Google not liable for allegedly defamatory comments posted on its hosted service when brought to its attention as they were still disputed by the author – Davison v Habeeb and Google, High Court
Google was not liable for allegedly defamatory comments posted about Davison on Google’s hosted service at blogger.com, despite the online service giant having kept the comments up even after being told...
Government seeks views on disabled’s use of websites
The Government has set up a web-based forum to seek the views and comments of disabled users as to problems they experience when they use websites. The Government is also asking them what laws and regulations...