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Europe should adopt US behavioural advertising icon, and quick
OPINION: When US trade bodies announced a badge scheme for behavioural advertising this week it looked like a good way to help web users navigate a difficult new area and a good way to relax the regulators.
04/02/2010
HP ordered to pay £200m within two weeks in interim damages ruling
The High Court has ordered Hewlett-Packard to pay BSkyB £200 million in interim damages, according to press reports. The interim award follows a ruling last week over a contract tendering process.
03/02/2010
Refusal to stop John Terry story was not a privacy law U-turn, says expert
The High Court's refusal to issue an injunction preventing the media from reporting an alleged affair footballer John Terry had with a team mate's girlfriend is unlikely to change the course of privacy law, an expert said.
02/02/2010
How to appeal an ICO decision: new guidance published
The new body which has taken over the power to rule on appeals from decisions of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued guidance on how to conduct an appeal.
01/02/2010
Ruling gives companies time and certainty in public procurement disputes
Companies now have more time to file legal objections to the award of public contracts after Europe's top court overturned UK procurement law. The Government will have to re-draft its regulations and the ruling will take immediate effect.
01/02/2010
EU Commission outlines plans to strengthen privacy law
The European Commission is planning to beef up the Data Protection Directive, strengthening the enforcement of the EU law and including introducing new demands that technologies and processes include 'privacy by design'.
29/01/2010
OUT-LAW Radio: Bribery law extended
04/02/2010: A soon-to-be introduced new bribery law could put companies on the hook for the actions of rogue employees. We ask: what can they do to avoid prosecution?
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