ASA Ruling on Misleading URL
The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that the use of a url in a sponsored link containing ‘nhs’ when there was no direct National Health Service connection was a breach of the CAP Code…
Telecoms & the Internet
Legal Issues for App Developers
Kathryn Rogers considers the main legal concerns for the ever-growing army of app developers…
Domain Names Ruined My Life
There has been an interesting recent NRS ruling on domain names and a site designed as forum for criticism of a business…
EESC Opinion on the Draft Data Protection Regulation
The European Economic and Social Committee has published its Opinion on the proposal for a General Data Protection Regulation…
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Tweet Revenge? Confusion on Social Media Limits
Laura Scaife reviews some recent cases and suggests that there is a need for greater clarity as to where fundamental rights such as freedom of expression end and civil and/or criminal liability begins…
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Google’s Street View and the ICO: It’s Getting Worse
The Information Commissioner’s Office has responded to the revelation that Google still had some payload data collected by its Street View vehicles….
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Technology and Competition Law: A New Era of Regulatory Activism?
Nick Pimlott examines trends in technology regulation through the use of competition law…
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.eu Domain Names: Licensees and Sunrise Judgment
The CJEU has restricted applications for .eu domain names by those lacking true EU residence qualifications….
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Why the Big Buzz about Big Data?
They are all bigging up big data. With data obesity impending, Phil Lee gives you a slim and focused summary of what matters about big data….
Nominet DRS Procedure Scrutinised
In a case destined to be read in the future only by lawyer geeks and those interested in the ‘access to justice’ camp, Mr Justice Mann ruled in March that Nominet’s Dispute Resolution Service and the relevant policy and procedures effectively prevented a party which had used the procedure from having the dispute heard again by the High Court. Paul A Harris looks a little more deeply into the judgment and its implications….