Hi, here is your weekly round-up of highlights from OUT-LAW News. As always, there are plenty of other stories from this week. You can also access our archive of weekly emails. OPINION: Secret gatherings of the world's governments are usually the stuff of fevered imaginings, but just one such gathering is this week generating its own fair share of paranoia. Wording in a contract that seeks to exclude liability in a contract is more vulnerable to being struck out than lawyers previously thought. A ruling suggests that exclusion clauses are more likely to be effective when broken into separate terms. OPINION: Hong Kong's data protection laws should be brought into line with those of the EU and other countries, according to Hong Kong's Government and privacy office. Unfortunately they are refusing to take the simple steps necessary to achieve this. Telcos' data breach notification amendment is passed The European Council has approved a data breach notification rule for Europe's telecoms firms. The amendment to an EU Directive will force telcos to tell customers if they lose their data. 03/11/2009 A major ISP has promised a court challenge to Government plans to allow the cutting off of internet connections used by people accused of illegal file sharing. Talk Talk said it will challenge the plans in the courts. The European Commission has rejected the UK's defence of its electronic privacy laws and will continue to pursue legal action against the Government in a case sparked by BT's use of Phorm web activity monitoring without telling its subscribers. OUT-LAW Radio is taking a break but will return soon.This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM
Don't panic over the secret copyright treaty
05/11/2009Exclusion clauses may fragment after High Court ruling
05/11/2009Hong Kong's data protection review is inadequate
04/11/2009ISP vows legal challenge to net disconnection plan
30/10/2009Commission vows to continue legal action against UK over alleged lack of e-privacy protection
30/10/2009
Saturday, 7 November 2009
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