Hi, here is your weekly round-up of highlights from OUT-LAW News. As always, there are plenty ofother stories from this week. You can also access our archive of weekly emails. Over half of the most popular 100 websites use secret behaviour-tracking software to monitor users, mostly without their knowledge, and in several cases the software recovers information the user has chosen to delete. The Government could scrap a part of defamation law that makes newspapers liable many times for material in a single article. The Government may prevent people suing every time a web page 'publishes' an article. Large employers will have to pay out years' worth of holiday pay after a ruling from the European Court of Justice (ECJ) allowing sick workers to carry over untaken holiday leave, according to an employment law expert. The lawyer who has threatened Facebook with a defamation suit on behalf of boxing promoter Frank Warren has said that he may take action against internet service providers (ISPs) for US-published defamation. The Gambling Commission's 'softly softly' approach to one-off lotteries may undermine its ability to prosecute , a gambling law expert has said. OPINION: It is now about a year since the trial in the dispute between BSkyB and EDS drew to a close. At the time, judgment was expected within a couple of months. OUT-LAW Radio returns next week. This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM
Hidden Flash cookies track even opt-out users on web's biggest sites
17/09/2009Government may shield websites from libel claims with 'single publication' rule
17/09/2009ECJ's holiday sickness ruling could cost employers dear, warns expert
15/09/2009UK lawyer threatens Facebook, mulls action against ISPs to block defamation
15/09/2009New Gambling Commission guidance fails to resolve house competition confusion
15/09/2009EDS v Sky: the most significant judgment in an IT case ever?
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Friday, 18 September 2009
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