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. Google's plans to digitise the world's books has been derailed by a New York court which has said that its scheme was not "fair, adequate and reasonable". The French privacy regulator has fined Google EUR100,000 because it said the company is still collecting WiFi user data without users' knowledge. The collection now involves smart phones rather than camera-carrying cars, it said. OPINION: As universities put the finishing touches to their prospectuses they should take particular care this year, because planned rises in tuition fees will forever change the relationship between universities and their students. A new internet domain designed to house pornographic content has been approved by the body responsible for internet addresses. The proposal had been opposed by governments and many pornography companies. The Government still plans to allow all workers the right to request flexible working, despite repealing regulations that are about to come into force which would have slightly extended the number of people eligible for that right. The UK should opt in to proposed new rules on handing air passenger details to the authorities so that it can try to expand the rules to cover flights within the EU as well as those into the region, a House of Lords committee has said. This is a weekly email for subscribers of OUT-LAW.COM, a website with more than 10,000 pages of free legal news and guidance. If and when you need further advice, we hope you'll choose Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind OUT-LAW.COM.
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US court derails Google book-scan plans
24/03/2011Google fined EUR100,000 over collection of smartphone Wi-Fi data
23/03/2011Universities must learn to cope with students as consumers, says expert
22/03/2011Online home for pornography passed by ICANN amid opposition
21/03/2011Government still plans to extend flexible working rights to all employees, despite regulation repeal
18/03/2011UK should opt in to extend EU PNR plan to all international flights, say Lords
18/03/2011
Friday, 25 March 2011
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