The OFT has launched market studies into advertising and pricing practices. They include a particulalry close look at online targeting of advertising and potentially misleading pricing practices….
Read More… from OFT Focuses on Online Advertising and Pricing
Laurence Eastham reports on an interesting judgment in the Mercantile Court which highlights the importance of getting disclosure right, and the costs penalty that might apply if you get it wrong….
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….
Read More… from SNS Privacy Practices: Canada, the EU and Beyond
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….
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….
Tess Crean examines the effect of major new Irish legislation on defamation and welcomes the clarification of the law that it offers….
Read More… from A Host of Problems: Defamation Liability of Irish ISPs
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….
Read More… from National Restrictions on Online Gaming Upheld
The Jackson Review of litigation costs looks set to bring law firm IT departments closer to the front line, writes John Lang….
More than half of all web sites selling electronic goods could be subject to enforcement action, including closure and fines, for trying to ‘cheat’ consumers, according to EU Consumer Commissioner Meglena Kuneva….
On 7 September the SCL London Group is holding a meeting – Breach and Tell: new trends in data breach regulation….