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This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM
EU Commission promises data protection law rewrite
The European Commission will rewrite data protection laws to take account of new plans to govern areas of justice and security policy. The Commission claimed that the changes will improve citizens' privacy when it comes to crime prevention activity.
22/04/2010
EU Commission will overhaul procurement laws
The European Commission has announced a review of public procurement laws. The Commission said change was necessary to cope with new e-procurement practices and to respond to more demand for public-private partnerships.
22/04/2010
Privacy commissioners collaborate on anti-Google action
Privacy watchdogs from 10 countries from around the world have written to Google to protest at those parts of its services that they believe "[betray] a disappointing disregard for fundamental privacy norms and law".
21/04/2010
Luxury brands welcome EU law to restrict online sales
Manufacturers will be allowed to require their distributors to have 'brick and mortar' shops as well as an online presence under a Regulation published today that will change competition law across the EU from next month.
20/04/2010
Nobody reads terms and conditions: it's official
Not one customer of online computer game seller Gamestation read the terms and conditions of sale on 1st April, the company has said. In an April Fools' Day prank, it has claimed the legal right to the souls of all those customers.
19/04/2010
Sony's firmware update shows how retailers can be exposed
Retailers face payouts to consumers that they will not be able to reclaim from manufacturers when software updates disable products' functions, an expert has warned.
19/04/2010
OUT-LAW Radio: People-review site founder speaks
22/04/2010: We talk to the man behind a site that allows you to anonymously review your professional peers and ask: HR godsend or libel timebomb?
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