The Council of Europe’s Consultative Committee of the Convention 108 on Data Protection is seeking views on its “Draft Recommendation on the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data in the Framework of Profiling’….
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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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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….
Mixed contributions from PLC, LNB and Westlaw on how to make the most of their services and what “extras” they provide as part of the standard subscription package….
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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….
Would the Advocate General’s opinion in Google v Louis Vuitton have been the same if the AdWords had been used in a real world situation?…
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…
The Ministry of Justice issued a consultation paper on 16 September – Defamation and the internet: the multiple publication rule….
Laurence Eastham wonders why so few SCL members take advantage of the opportunity to gain CPD online when it is such an obvious benefit of SCL membership….
Prominent litigation solicitor Tony Guise has briefed Lord Justice Jackson on various applications of IT which might make a real difference to the efficiency of the civil justice system and to its cost….
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