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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.

This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM

ISPs take Digital Economy Act to the courts

Two of the UK's biggest ISPs will ask the UK courts to scrutinise the controversial Digital Economy Act to determine whether or not it conflicts with existing laws on privacy and electronic communications.
08/07/2010

Government seeks evidence ahead of Data Protection Directive review

The UK Government has opened a new review of data protection legislation to arm it for negotiations with the European Union on reform of the Data Protection Directive.
08/07/2010

Behavioural advertising is fair if users can opt out, says privacy watchdog

There is nothing "intrinsically unfair" about behavioural advertising but website operators should offer visitors the option of using their services without any activity being recorded, privacy watchdog the Information Commissioner has said.
07/07/2010

Commission proposes auto-translation for pan-EU patents

Computer-generated translations should be used to cut the cost of registering a patent that covers the EU's 27 member states, the European Commission has said.
05/07/2010

Contract law reform: European Commission consults

The European Commission has outlined the various ways in which it could change contract law to encourage cross-border trading within the European Union. The Commission has published a Green Paper outlining seven kinds of new system the EU could adopt.
05/07/2010

Contract law does not bind 'Part 36' offers to settle, rules Court of Appeal

An offer to settle court proceedings that is made under Part 36 of the Civil Procedure Rules in England and Wales can still be accepted after it has been rejected, unless a formal withdrawal has been made, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
02/07/2010

OUT-LAW Radio: Collecting children's data

08/07/2010: Your online service might collect all sorts of user data – but what if your users are children? How to stay on the right side of data protection laws when your customers are kids.