Unfair marketing becomes a criminal offence next week
Imitating a consumer to promote your business will become a criminal offence from Monday. New laws banning unfair commercial practices will outlaw any practice that fails to make a trader's commercial intent clear.
Why many M&A deals leave money on the table
OPINION: Due diligence sometimes overlooks the people who are essential to a business. But the cost of failing to value key people only becomes apparent when they leave, says consultant Kevin Parry.
Internet re-broadcaster predicts rapid growth
Controversial online television re-broadcaster Zattoo.com says that it will have five million users across Europe by the end of the year, more than doubling its size in the next six months
Education agency complains to Brussels about Microsoft
The Government agency responsible for technology in the classroom has complained about Microsoft to the European Commission
Website design was stolen, says US jury
A man has been found liable for stealing a company's website design in order to then pursue that same company's customers
Italian government faces storm over publication of everyone's income
The outgoing Italian government put all the country's citizens at risk of identity theft and physical attacks when it published the names, incomes and amounts of tax paid by every citizen
One in three airline sites breaks consumer laws
One in three European airline ticket websites is breaking consumer protection laws, the European Commission has said
Microsoft challenges €899 million fine
Microsoft will appeal a €899 million European Commission fine, it has said. The company said that it wanted a court to review the fine in order to "seek clarity" on the issue.
Computer Misuse Act changes are delayed further
Denial of service attacks will not be criminalised in England and Wales for another six months despite measures lying unused in existing laws since 2006
Information Commissioner gets power to fine for privacy breaches
The Information Commissioner has been given the ability to fine organisations if their operational procedures cause a gross breach of data protection principles.
Rowling privacy win confirms proper test for privacy, says expert
JK Rowling's court victory against a paparazzi agency has confirmed that the scope of privacy law is wide and will make it easier for others to gain its protection, a privacy law expert has said.
Rowling privacy ruling bolsters Commissioner's view of data protection law
The Court of Appeal's ruling in JK Rowling's privacy case confirms that a breach of other laws can result in an automatic breach of the Data Protection Act, an expert has said.
ITV faces biggest-ever Ofcom fine over phone vote rigging
ITV has been fined £5.67 million by Ofcom for abuse of premium-rate phone lines in television competitions
Grand Theft Auto maker claims pulled ads breached free speech
The company behind the controversial computer game Grand Theft Auto 4 has sued the Chicago Transit Authority, accusing it of stifling its right to free speech.
Two arrested over piracy at computer fair
Police and trading standards officers in Yorkshire have seized counterfeit goods and equipment at a Bradford computer fair. The full retail value of the goods would have been £1 million, they said
Wikipedia goes to court to defend defamation immunity
Wikipedia, the free, user-generated online encyclopedia, faces a court battle to protect itself from liability for everything that users post on the site.
US court orders online advertiser to use 'negative keywords'
A US court has ordered a company to use 'negative keywords' to avoid being associated with another firm's trade mark. The innovative order was one of a series of measures ordered by the judge.
US court says IP addresses are private
A US court has ruled that users have a "reasonable expectation of privacy" in their internet surfing records and that police must obtain warrants from higher than usual courts in order to force ISPs to hand over records.
Bank of Ireland loses thousands of customer records
Four laptops containing personal details of 10,000 people have been stolen from the Bank of Ireland (BOI). The Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland is investigating the thefts
Europe demands code for game retailers within two years
The European Commission has ordered the computer games industry to come up with a voluntary code of conduct within two years to stop children having access to violent computer games
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