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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 IT outages most common in summer but technology failings not usually to blame, say experts Most IT outages in 2012 occurred during the months of June and July, a technology provider has said. 18/07/2013 Premier League wins injunction against website facilitating illegal football streaming The UK's six biggest internet service providers (ISPs) have been ordered to block access to a website that displays links to other sites where users can stream English Premier League football matches for free. 18/07/2013 Internet payment security improvements in UK has helped reduce fraud, says ECB The introduction of improved technology in the UK that adds an extra layer of security to transactions made online has helped to reduce the number of 'card-not-present' (CNP) fraud cases reported in the country, the European Central Bank (ECB) has said. 17/07/2013 Targeted advertising to be subject to 'do not track' standard An advertising industry body's proposal to remove targeted advertising from the scope of a new 'do not track' (DNT) privacy standard has been rejected. 17/07/2013 ICO promises new IT security guidance as Sony drops appeal against data breach fine to protect network security confidentiality The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is in the process of drawing up new guidance for organisations on the issue of IT security. 16/07/2013 New Government IT framework focused on building systems for digital services The Government has outlined plans to establish a new £40 million IT procurement framework it hopes will allow it to "move away from legacy IT and big contracts with a few large systems integrators". 16/07/2013 Insurance Insurer fined over £7m for mis-selling monthly add-on policies High Street insurer Swinton has been fined over £7 million for its "aggressive" mis-selling of monthly add-on insurance policies to telephone customers, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced. 18/07/2013 Directors and officers should know if they are insured against criminal legal action, says expert FOCUS: The Bribery Act made directors and officers more responsible than ever for bribery and corruption offences and helped to increase awareness about their overall liabilities. 17/07/2013 Regulatory Chinese bribery allegations highlight increased international corruption enforcement risks, says expert Bribery allegations made by the Chinese authorities against UK pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) highlight the increasing risk that alleged breaches of international corruption laws will be investigated and, if proven, enforced, an expert has said. 17/07/2013 Pensions NEST lost £1.4m last year due to fraudulent transaction, according to annual report The state-backed National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) low-cost pension scheme lost £1.4 million last year due to "an incidence of fraud", according to the company's annual accounts. 17/07/2013 Environmental and Climate Change European Commission proposes tougher action on illegal waste shipments The European Commission has proposed stricter controls on waste shipments sent from the EU in order to ensure that "all member states have similar levels of control". 17/07/2013 Infrastructure Highways Agency "to become publicly-owned corporation" in Government road network reform The Government has committed to turning the Highways Agency into a publicly-owned independent company as part of its programme for reform of the strategic road network. 17/07/2013 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