Privacy & Data Protection Archives - Page 126 of 206

New Cookie Guide

April 1, 2012

The International Chamber of Commerce has launched its ICC UK Cookie Guide…

More Data Protection Act Convictions – More Fines

March 29, 2012

The ICO reports another case involving convictions for breach of the Data Protection Act 1998 as company directors use a council employee to illegally access tenants’ details…

Wasted Costs Order for E-disclosure Failures

March 28, 2012

Deborah Blaxell looks at a scary High Court judgment affecting e-disclosure…

File-sharing and Norwich Pharmacal: Court Supervision of Letter of Claim

March 26, 2012

The High Court has made a Norwich Pharmacal order in favour of Golden Eye and Ben Dover Productions in a preliminary move towards volume file-sharing litigation. But Arnold J has applied a number of stringent conditions affecting the further pursuit of the action and has insisted upon a number of amendments to the draft letter of claim….

Google Privacy Policy: CNIL Request for Clarifications

March 20, 2012

The Article 29 Working Party has sought response from Google to a series of pertinent questions about its new privacy policy. The questionnaire is revealing in that it points to the widening nature of the data protection concerns….

OFT Action on Groupon Breaches

March 16, 2012

The OFT has accepted undertakings from ‘daily deals’ company MyCityDeal Ltd, which trades as Groupon, to change some of its trading practices following an OFT investigation….