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Injunction sought to force BT to block access to pirate film website

8 July 2011 | Mark Weston

In this first action of its kind in the UK, the Motion Picture Association (MPA), the industry body representing a number of film studios, is taking action against British Telecom (BT), in its capacity...

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OFT tells travel companies to be clear about what they charge

6 July 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has told travel companies that all debit and credit charges must be made clear from the start of an online booking, and a failure to comply could lead to the OFT taking...

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FSA warns price comparison websites to consider regulated activity requirements when directing users to insurance websites

6 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The Financial Services Authority has written to financial price comparison websites to warn them of the need to consider whether they are taking part of regulated activity and therefore need a licence...

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Digital Economy Act appeal rejected

4 July 2011 | Mark Weston

BT and TalkTalk recently appealed the decision of the High Court which rejected their bid to have the Digital Economy Act judicially reviewed. The Court of Appeal has now confirmed that the appeal has...

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Cookie law gives ICO food for thought

3 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (the Regulations) came into force on 26 May 2011, and there has been confusion in many quarters as to how exactly to...

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Text of new Consumer Rights Directive published by European Parliament

1 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Parliament has approved a proposed new Consumer Rights Directive. The original text was published in 2008, and had been intended to make consumer rights uniform across the European Union....

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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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Poland bans online poker, but may not be out of the game for long

30 June 2011 | Mark Weston | 1 comment

The Polish president has signed a law banning online poker in the country, which is intended to take effect later this year. The law permits sports betting (provided it is based on ‘real world’ events)...

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Hackers obtain personal data of 1.3 million Sega Pass users

30 June 2011 | Mark Weston

Sega has admitted that 1.3 million users of its Sega Pass online game service have had their personal data obtained by website hackers. The details include names, email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted...

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CCTV monitoring website told to change by ICO

29 June 2011 | Mark Weston

A CCTV monitoring website, Internet Eyes, has been forced to change the way it operates by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). The website streams CCTV images from its retailer clients to its...

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Latest news and views tagged web site

Injunction sought to force BT to block access to pirate film website

OFT tells travel companies to be clear about what they charge

FSA warns price comparison websites to consider regulated activity requirements when directing users to insurance websites

Digital Economy Act appeal rejected

Cookie law gives ICO food for thought

Text of new Consumer Rights Directive published by European Parliament

Twitter agrees to UK council request to disclose details of Tweeter

Poland bans online poker, but may not be out of the game for long

Hackers obtain personal data of 1.3 million Sega Pass users

CCTV monitoring website told to change by ICO

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