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High Court does not consider Google a publisher in relation to blogs on its services – Payam Tamiz v Google Inc, High Court

3 April 2012 | Simon Weinberg

In April 2011, a blog named “London Muslim” published an article on Blogger.com, a blogging platform operated by Google Inc. The article was about Mr Tamiz, a former Conservative Party local election...

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Government proposes intermediary role for ISPs in new Defamation Bill

30 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Government has proposed that intermediaries such as Internet service providers act as “liaison points” between authors of allegedly defamatory comments and the people about whom the allegations...

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UK teenage website operator faces extradition to US for making money out of links to pirated film and TV content

30 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

A UK man who was a teenager when he operated the tvshack.net website is facing extradition to the US after the Home Secretary approved the US’s request. Richard O’Dwyer’s site made £150,000 from...

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CNIL questions sent to Google about new privacy policy

29 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

Following on-going criticism about Google's implementation of a new privacy policy, CNIL, the French data protection regulator, has asked Google to answer 69 questions about the move. The new privacy policy...

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Digital Economy Act lives on, again – R (British Telecommunications plc and TalkTalk Telecom Group plc) v Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport and others, Court of Appeal

16 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

BT and TalkTalk, the Internet service providers (ISPs), have seen their appeal in the judicial review of the Digital Economy Act 2010 (DEA) rejected by the Court of Appeal. They had argued that the DEA...

Tags on this discussion: BT copyright copyright infringement Court of Appeal Digital Economy Act 2010 EU Europe European Commission European Union infringement Intellectual property intellectual property rights Internet Internet service provider IP ISP Online online content TalkTalk web web site web sites Website website content websites

The Pirate Bay going the same way as Newzbin – Dramatico Entertainment Ltd and others v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and others, High Court

12 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

Following the recent ruling in favour the British Recorded Music Industry (BPI) that Internet service providers (ISPs) must block access to Newzbin2, a website that offers users a search engine and download...

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More criticism of Google’s privacy changes

7 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

On 1 March 2012, Google consolidated all of its privacy policies into one, so that personal data collected through one Google service can be shared with other Google services such as YouTube, Gmail and...

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Information Commissioner’s Office gives mixed reaction to proposed new EU data protection laws

5 March 2012 | Paul Gershlick

The Information Commissioner’s Office – the UK’s data protection regulator – has given a mixed reaction to the proposed new European Union’s data protection laws. Overall, the ICO welcomes a...

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European Banking Authority asks for ban on “.bank” and “.fin” domain names

5 March 2012 | Simon Weinberg

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has urged the Internet Cooperation for Assigned Names (ICANN) to withdraw the availability of “.bank” and “.fin” general top level domain names (gTLDs). ICANN...

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Google told to postpone privacy policy update by Article 29 Working Party

22 February 2012 | Simon Weinberg

Google recently announced its plans to introduce one privacy policy to cover all of its uses of personal data across all the services it offers worldwide; currently Google has separate privacy policies...

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Latest news and views tagged Website

High Court does not consider Google a publisher in relation to blogs on its services – Payam Tamiz v Google Inc, High Court

Government proposes intermediary role for ISPs in new Defamation Bill

UK teenage website operator faces extradition to US for making money out of links to pirated film and TV content

CNIL questions sent to Google about new privacy policy

Digital Economy Act lives on, again – R (British Telecommunications plc and TalkTalk Telecom Group plc) v Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport and others, Court of Appeal

The Pirate Bay going the same way as Newzbin – Dramatico Entertainment Ltd and others v British Sky Broadcasting Ltd and others, High Court

More criticism of Google’s privacy changes

Information Commissioner’s Office gives mixed reaction to proposed new EU data protection laws

European Banking Authority asks for ban on “.bank” and “.fin” domain names

Google told to postpone privacy policy update by Article 29 Working Party

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