The Defamation Bill: A Fair Balance?
The Defamation Bill includes proposals of major interest to many advising web sites and involved in any form of hosting and publishing online. Andrew Tibber looks at the crucial proposals….
Publishing & social media
ICO: Updated Cookie Guidance
The ICO has issued updated guidance on cookies consent, reflecting its 26 May deadline for compliance…
Commissioner’s Competition Carrot for Google
Is Commissioner Almunia’s carrot really a rather threatening weapon?…
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Defamation Bill Published
The long-awaited reform of defamation has come closer with publication of the Bill. The proposed defence of web site operators will be of special interest to SCL members….
Queen’s Speech: Communications Data Bill
Some further details on the proposed legislation have become available, and we have initial comments…
How Card-based Merchant Acquiring Really Works
A review of the Payment Services Directive by the European Commission provides an opportunity for Simon Deane-Johns to clarify its scope by reference to how the major card schemes actually work….
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Microsoft and Facebook in Patents Deal
It has been announced that Microsoft and Facebook have reached an agreement on the sale of some of Microsoft’s recently acquired patens – those bought from AOL…
Internet Libel and Amazon’s Immunity
A recent Internet libel case highlights the extensive reach of ‘immunity’ for information services providers. Laurence Eastham attempts to pick out the more interesting aspects of a 99-paragraph judgment….
The 12 Cs of Cloud Computing: A Culinary Confection
Kuan Hon summarises some fundamentally important elements of cloud computing and clarifies with culinary comparators. Don’t read this article when you are hungry!…
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Roofers, Hamlet and T&Cs
Are big companies playing fair when they ask us to sign up to immensely complicated T&Cs online?…