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UK Government asked Google to remove over 300 web search results, images and videos in first six months of 2011

18 November 2011 | Paul Gershlick

The UK Government has asked Google to remove 333 web search results, images and videos in the first six months of this year. The Internet giant fully or partially complied with four in five of the requests....

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ENISA expresses concern over loss of Internet user control

18 November 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA), an agency of the European Union, has published a report on the storage of personal data by social networks in order to provide a personalised...

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W3C developments as to how web-surfers can protect their data

18 November 2011 | Mark Weston

Changes to the law in relation to cookies have resulted in an increasingly intense spotlight on the use of cookies by website operators. The Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment)...

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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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Another appeal against exclusion from patentability allowed by the High Court – Re Protecting Kids the World Over Ltd, High Court

14 November 2011 | Mark Weston

Following the decision of the High Court in Halliburton, the High Court has now allowed an appeal against the decision of an Intellectual Property Office (IPO) hearing officer that had prevented the registration...

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Call for Google to review its take-down policies

11 November 2011 | Mark Weston

Google has been asked to review its policy on taking down online reviews of businesses amid growing concerns of the number of fake reviews that are being published. The call comes after a business owner...

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Payment service provider warned to stop serving copyright infringing websites

9 November 2011 | Mark Weston

PhonepayPlus, the UK regulator of premium rate services, has announced that it will start to pass on details of pirated music websites to payment service providers as they are capable of enforcement. The...

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ECJ case confirms that Internet publishers responsible for breach of privacy in every country where the material is accessible – eDate Advertising v X, Oliver Martinez & Robert Martinez v MGN Limited, ECJ

5 November 2011 | Mark Weston

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that individuals can sue publishers of content on the Internet which they believe has harmed their image. The ECJ considered two cases, one from France and...

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US website loses battle for passing off as reputation amongst UK users not enough to establish goodwill if it does not have customers – Plentyoffish Media v Plenty More, High Court

4 November 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The operator of a US dating website, Plentyoffish, opposed an application by Plenty More, a UK dating website, to register a figurative trade mark using the words “plenty more fish”. Plentyoffish argued...

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Rise in requests for content removal from Google

2 November 2011 | Mark Weston

As part of it bi-annual transparency report, Google has revealed that, for the period of January to June of this year, there has been a 71% increase in requests for content to be removed from its services,...

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Latest news and views tagged web site

UK Government asked Google to remove over 300 web search results, images and videos in first six months of 2011

ENISA expresses concern over loss of Internet user control

W3C developments as to how web-surfers can protect their data

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

Another appeal against exclusion from patentability allowed by the High Court – Re Protecting Kids the World Over Ltd, High Court

Call for Google to review its take-down policies

Payment service provider warned to stop serving copyright infringing websites

ECJ case confirms that Internet publishers responsible for breach of privacy in every country where the material is accessible – eDate Advertising v X, Oliver Martinez & Robert Martinez v MGN Limited, ECJ

US website loses battle for passing off as reputation amongst UK users not enough to establish goodwill if it does not have customers – Plentyoffish Media v Plenty More, High Court

Rise in requests for content removal from Google

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