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Hi, here is your weekly round-up of Out-Law News highlights from international law firm Pinsent Masons.  As always, there are plenty  of other stories from this week.  You can also access our archive of weekly emails.   This week's highlights from Out-Law News   TMT & Sourcing and Intellectual Property Ruling highlights need for clear policy on social media account ownership, says expert A ruling by the High Court has highlighted the need for businesses to operate a "clear policy" on ownership of social media accounts used by staff for business purposes, an expert has said. 11/07/2013 Customers buying 'safety critical products' should be required to provide minimum contact details, says expert Customers buying "safety critical products", such as electrical and gas appliances, should be required to provide contact information, in order to address the problem of low return rates when defects are identified, an expert has said. 10/07/2013 Technology companies oppose plans to withdraw 'termination upon challenge' clauses from technology transfer block exemption A number of major technology companies have objected to proposed amendments to the European Commission Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation (TTBER). 10/07/2013 Genomics England to lead DNA sequencing project The human genomes of as many as 100,000 people are to be sequenced as part of research into the treatment of a number of chronic illnesses, the Government has announced. 05/07/2013 OFT scrutiny of Government ICT market could drive IT suppliers to diversify their own supply chains, says expert Major suppliers of IT products and services to the UK Government could look to diversify their supply chains in light of a regulator's interest in the Government information and communication technology (ICT) market, an expert has said. 05/07/2013 Data protection enforcement in UK, France and Germany explained FOCUS: Companies operating in the European Union must process personal data in line with the EU's Data Protection Directive. But, like Google in recent years, they find themselves facing very different enforcement regimes in each country. 05/07/2013 Pensions PPF takes over UK Coal pension scheme ahead of company restructuring UK Coal's pension schemes are to be transferred to the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) as part of a second restructuring programme which will enable the administrators to preserve much of the business, it has announced. 11/07/2013 Restrictions on state-backed NEST pension scheme to be removed in 2017 The Government will remove two statutory constraints from the state-backed, low-cost National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) from 2017, the Pensions Minister has confirmed. 10/07/2013 Infrastructure Government sets out "belated" investment strategy for public sector role in PF2 projects The Government has published a series of draft documents that will form the basis of how it will invest public funds into public private partnerships (PPPs) created using the new PF2 model. 11/07/2013 Environment & climate change Draft European guidance proposes tougher emissions limits for large combustion plants Large combustion plants (LCPs) could become subject to tougher emissions limits than those set by EU legislation, according to draft guidance. 10/07/2013 Bribery & internal investigations BSI and City of London Police to tackle anti-bribery compliance "apathy" with new training programmes A series of training programmes to be run jointly by the British Standards Institute (BSI) and City of London Police will help to combat business "apathy" around anti-bribery compliance procedures, an expert has said. 09/07/2013 Banking reform Government "to implement main recommendations" of Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards The Government is to implement the "main recommendations" made by the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards (PCBS), including the creation of a new criminal offence of reckless misconduct by senior bankers. 8/07/2013   About this email This is a weekly email for subscribers of Out-Law.com, a website with more than 10,000 pages of 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 . Please forward this email to your friends. If someone forwarded this email to you and you'd like your own subscription, register here. Copyright © 2013 Pinsent Masons LLP, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you are a contact of Out-Law.com or Pinsent Masons LLP and your details are held in their clients and contacts database Our mailing address is: Pinsent Masons LLP 30 Crown Place London, UK EC2A 4ES United Kingdom