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ASA rules against Virgin for over-doing ‘broadband con’ advert

11 July 2011 | Mark Weston

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against Virgin Media following a complaint by BT and Sky in relation to Virgin’s online advertising campaign which accused rivals of ‘conning’...

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Campaign launched to prevent copyright infringement

8 July 2011 | Simon Weinberg

Creative Commons, a copyright group, has published a guide to help web users identify what pictures, music and videos they can post online without infringing copyright and risking enforcement action from...

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Survey shows fake tech support calls increasingly common

8 July 2011 | Simon Weinberg

A Microsoft survey of 7,000 people from UK, Ireland, US and Canada has shown that 16% of those surveyed have received scam telephone calls offering fake tech support. 3% of those surveyed had been tricked...

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Social media warning for Olympic athletes

8 July 2011 | Simon Weinberg

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has warned athletes that they must take care at next year’s London Olympics with their use of social media or risk being banned from participating. The IOC said...

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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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Latest news and views tagged web sites

ASA rules against Virgin for over-doing ‘broadband con’ advert

Campaign launched to prevent copyright infringement

Survey shows fake tech support calls increasingly common

Social media warning for Olympic athletes

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

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