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Consumer expectation the vital element in contract fairness, says OFT
Companies whose small print changes the basis of consumer deals will face investigation by consumer regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), it has said. According to the OFT, one in five consumers had experienced a contract problem in the last year.
24/02/2011
Google rival makes new complaint to EU authorities
The company behind antitrust complaints last year against Google has complained again to the European Commission, claiming that the search giant has abused its market dominance by restricting the development of other search engine providers.
24/02/2011
ECJ asked to rule on re-sale of software licences
A German court has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to clarify whether or not a company can sell second hand versions of downloaded business software in a case involving software company Oracle.
23/02/2011
First details of Commission data protection action against UK are revealed
Details of the European Commission's objections to the Data Protection Act (DPA) have been revealed for the first time. A document has been published outlining why the Commission thinks the DPA fails to implement the EU's Data Protection Directive.
22/02/2011
Web users need more cookie control, says EU info security advisor
Internet users should have more control over the information web publishers gather about them, the European Union's information security advisor has said. Users should be careful of a new breed of 'supercookies' that are hard to control, said its report.
21/02/2011
Ad regulator says collection of third party data from children is sometimes acceptable
There are some circumstances in which it is acceptable for companies to collect data from young people about other people, the advertising regulator has said.
21/02/2011
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