Cloud Busting
Wim Nauwelaerts & Pauline Le Bousse explain why cloud computing requires a new approach to data privacy and security….
Intellectual Property
SNS Privacy Practices: Canada, the EU and Beyond
Following the recent thorough review of Facebook’s privacy practices by the Canadian Privacy Commissioner and the Article 29 Working Party Opinion affecting social networking providers, the climate has changed. Philip James looks at both developments and considers their implications for privacy policies affecting social networking sites….
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Identity, Privacy and the Law
Lorna Brazell asks profound questions about the nature of identity and privacy. She looks at the forms of legal protection which might be used to protect any right to privacy that exists and looks forward with alarm to a brave new world of increased observation of the actions of the ordinary citizen….
Flash Cookies: A Regulatory Risk?
Web site operators around the world appear to be enjoying the benefits of Flash cookies in increasing numbers. However, Andrew Danson feels that using them without proper safeguards could be an invasion of users’ privacy and land imprudent operators in hot water with regulators….
Advocate General’s Opinion on AdWords
Google has the general support of the Advocate General’s opinion in the case before the European Court on alleged trade mark infringement by the use of AdWords…
Charging Premium Rates for Free Information
PhonepayPlus have published a notice to the premium rate industry about the techniques used to recycle free information and sell it to mobile users at premium rates….
Increase Lawyer Productivity by Cutting out the Waste
Laura Mooney outlines the advantages she sees in the adoption of BPM by law firms….
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A Host of Problems: Defamation Liability of Irish ISPs
Tess Crean examines the effect of major new Irish legislation on defamation and welcomes the clarification of the law that it offers….
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National Restrictions on Online Gaming Upheld
The ECJ has supported Portugal’s legislative restrictions on online gaming based in other EU jurisdictions, apparently endorsing a lottery monopoly there. The judgment is likely to have substantial implications for online gaming across the EU….
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ECJ Ruling on Withdrawal from Distance Contracts
The European Court of Justice has confirmed that, subject to limited exceptions, a consumer who exercises his right of withdrawal from a distance contract must not be obliged to compensate the seller for the use of the goods…
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