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View online 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   Contract review and willingness to renegotiate with suppliers pivotal to aligning IT to business needs, says expert   IT buyers must keep their ITC and outsourcing contracts under review and be willing to renegotiate deals with suppliers in order to ensure their IT services are properly aligned to business needs, an expert has said. 16/05/2013 New regulator will take 'pragmatic' approach to data protection compliance in Singapore  A new Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) has been launched in Singapore in advance of new data protection rules taking effect in the country from next year. 15/05/2013 Consent should be needed for anonymised data sharing to be lawful, say campaigners  Businesses should have to ask for individuals' consent before sharing anonymised personal data with third parties, digital rights campaigners have said. 15/05/2013 Study reveals UK business uncertainty over data protection reform plans and cost implications  Businesses are uncertain about what proposed new data protection laws would mean for them, according to a study commissioned by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). 14/05/2013 Reforms to design rights and patents framework proposed by Government  Infringers of registered designs could face a jail sentence and a fine under proposed reforms to UK legislation. 13/05/2013 New online betting regulations being developed in Singapore  Foreign-based gambling operators have been advised to keep abreast of Singaporean Government plans to adopt new rules to regulate online betting. 13/05/2013   Financial Services D2C platforms 'blurring' investment guidance and advice need regulatory clarity, says AXA  Some direct-to-consumer (D2C) platforms are "blurring" the concepts of investment guidance and investment advice, AXA has said. 15/05/2013 Focus on bankers' bonuses influencing reforms to other financial services, says expert  Proposed changes to the rules governing EU investment funds show how public concern over bankers' pay and bonuses is "seeping into other parts of financial services", an expert has said. 15/05/2013 Property  Court of Appeal dismisses leasehold enfranchisement claim on mixed-use property  The Court of Appeal has dismissed a claim for leasehold enfranchisement by the occupiers of a mixed-use property, ruling that the property, part of which had been converted into a flat against the landlord's wishes, was not a "house reasonably so called". 14/05/2013   Employment MPs back stronger protections for UK whistleblowers  MPs back the introduction in the UK of US-style whistleblowing rules, including greater protection and the introduction of financial incentives to encourage employees who witness wrongdoing to come forward. 15/05/2013 Tax  HMRC 'names and shames' more deliberate tax defaulters  Details of fines included on a second public list of tax defaulters shows that HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is "cracking down harder than ever before" on businesses and individuals that deliberately underpay tax, an expert has said. 15/05/2013 Infrastructure  PF2 'still in need of a pipeline of projects' following Priority Schools announcement, says expert  Only 46 of the 216 schools due for rebuilding or repair under the Government's Priority School Building Programme (PSBP) will be financed through the new 'PF2' private finance programme, the Education Funding Agency (EFA) has announced. 14/05/2013 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