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120217 09:03
Following a recent European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling individuals can now sue publishers for content published online in each EU country in which the individual’s image has been harmed.
Martinez Case
A French actor sued a UK newspaper in a French court for breach of his “personality rights” resulting from the publication of a story about him. Under English law these rights do not exist, so no claim could have been made in the English courts…
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120127 06:59
The US Court of Appeals has ruled that the ECPA, an American law, protects the data of non-USA citizens when their data is stored on servers in the USA.
Suzlon Case
Korean firm, Suzlon Energy Ltd, wanted Microsoft to disclose email
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120110 09:38
The Joint Committee on the Defamation Bill, a Parliamentary committee reviewing proposed new UK defamation laws recommends that web hosts and ISPs should be allowed to keep allegedly defamatory comments online, as long as the author of the comment
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111209 08:30
As a website operator you may want to consider offering escrow agreements to your customers, particularly if you run SaaS (software as a service) applications via your website, which are critical to your customer’s business.
What is Escr
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111125 07:22
If your website uses Google analytics and you provide services to customers based in Germany you are now required to provide specific information to users in order to comply with recent changes to German data protection law.
Google Analyti
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111024 06:22
Following on from my previous article on the mandatory legal requirements for UK websites, I recommend adding the following non-mandatory information to your website.
Terms of Use/Disclaimer
Set out the rules applicable to persons
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111013 05:15
Does your website comply with the various legal requirements in the UK? Below, I have set out the main UK legal requirements that you should currently be complying with.
About Us/Contact Information
You must provide the following i
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110929 05:27
Under English or American law (or any other common law system), you or your company may be ordered by a court to identify and disclose not just physical documents but also electronically stored information (ESI) as part of a litigation process. Th
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110919 05:31
The Society for Local Authority IT Managers (Socitm), an independent organisation funded through the membership of local government IT workers, recently carried out an audit of UK public sector websites. Using automated search technology it audite
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110905 06:07
Under the provisions of the US Patriot Act the personal data of your customers based in the EU can be shared with US law enforcers without your customer being informed, even though this conflicts with EU data protection laws. The Patriot Act appli
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110822 06:06
As a result of changes to the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive, it is now unlawful to use cookies to collect user data without first obtaining explicit consent. In the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), which is r
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110531 05:17
COOKIES AND CONSENT
Since the 26th of May 2011 it is unlawful in the UK to use cookies to collect user data without first obtaining consent. There is an exception when a cookie is strictly necessary for a service which a user has requested i.e. wher
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