Facebook data transfers threatened by Safe Harbour ruling – BBC News
‘A pact that helped the tech giants and others send personal data from the EU to the US has been ruled invalid.’
BBC News, 6th October 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: internet
Consumer Rights Act now in force in the UK – OUT-LAW.com
‘New consumer rights legislation has come into force in the UK.’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd October 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Scotland Yard’s paedophile unit: Meeting the police men and women doing the most difficult work imaginable – The Independent
‘Paul Gallagher meets the people whose job it is to identify victims, stop abuse material being shared and distributed, categorise extreme imagery ready for court and, hopefully, catch paedophiles before they find a victim ‘
The Independent, 4th October 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Uber fires back in high court row with TfL – The Guardian
‘Uber, the under-fire taxi-hailing app, has hit out at London’s transport regulator, Transport for London (TfL), for taking it to the high court on Monday in the latest threat to its explosive growth in the London taxi market.’
The Guardian, 1st October 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Injunction and damages in libel case awarded against anonymous website – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Brett Wilson LLP v Person(s) Unknown, Responsible for the Operation of the Website solicitorsfromhell.co.uk, 7 September (Warby J) [2015] EWHC 2628 (QB). This was a claim in libel by a firm of solicitors who acted for another firm which also claimed against the operators of SFHUK, causing the original site to be shut down (Law Society v Rick Kordowski [2011]). In this case the words complained of appeared on a new site, but despite efforts by the present claimants, it was not possible to find out who was operating it. The site alleged various aspects of mismanagement, including incompetence and fraud. It also quoted a client of the claimant firm who alleged overcharging and who refused to pay their fees. (It is worth noting that the site appears to have been taken down since default judgement was given in this case).’
UK Human Rights Blog, 17th September 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Judge orders removal of defamatory references to law firm on Solicitors From Hell copycat website – Legal Futures
‘A High Court judge has ordered the take-down of pages of an anti-solicitor website that contain defamatory statements about a law firm, after a litigation opponent alleged their publication was “evidence that the firm was disreputable”.’
Legal Futures, 17th September 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Woman guilty of tricking blindfolded friend into having sex by pretending to be a man – The Independent
‘In a courtroom drama as confusing as it was compelling, a woman has been convicted of pretending to be a man and using a deep voice, a prosthetic penis and a blindfold to trick her female friend into having sex with her during a two-year relationship.’
The Independent, 16th Spetember 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Paedophile ring jailed for ‘terrifying depravity’ – BBC News
‘Seven paedophiles who preyed on a baby and young children acted “beyond human instinct” and were guilty of “terrifying depravity”, a judge said.’
BBC News, 11th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Indecent images: is the law out of control? – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘On 3rd September 2015 the news reported the case of a 14 year old boy who took a naked photo of himself before sending it to a female classmate via Snapchat (a smartphone application that deletes a message or a photograph 10 seconds after it has been read). She took a screenshot of the photo and decided to send it to other people at school. A police officer based at the school became aware of the photo however. It was decided (obviously correctly) that it was not in the public interest to prosecute. However, he did have “the crime of making and distributing indecent images recorded against him”. It seems that this was a mandatory consequence of it coming to the notice of officialdom.’
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 6th September 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Woman jailed for helping online lover travel from UK to Syria – The Guardian
‘A woman has been jailed for 15 months for helping a man she had never met travel to Syria after they struck up an online romance.’
Full story
The Guardian, 8th September 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
An affair to remember–cyber crime implications of the Ashley Madison hack – Halsbury’s Law Exchange
‘In the wake of the Ashley Madison hacking affair, Matthew Richardson, a barrister at Henderson Chambers, considers the criminal law implications and looks at how computer crime legislation is developing to deal with these types of issues.’
Full story
Halsbury’s Law Exchange, 4th September 2015
Source: www.halsburyslawexchange.co.uk
Google says European Commission’s search engine dominance case is “wrong as a matter of fact, law and economics” – Zenith Chambers
‘Google has responded to the Commission’s Statement of Objections in its search engine dominance investigation, maintaining that the case is without factual, legal or economic foundation.’
Zenith Chambers, 1st September 2015
Source: www.zenithchambers.co.uk
Universities must bear consumer law in mind when marketing courses on social media, says expert – OUT-LAW.com
‘FOCUS: As universities adopt increasingly innovative tactics to recruit new students, they must be careful not to ignore their obligations under consumer protection law and must comply with regulatory guidance.’
OUT-LAW.com, 2nd September 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
No need to scour internet when assessing whether personal data is sensitive, UK tribunal rules – OUT-LAW.com
‘Businesses are not expected to scour the internet and other sources to check whether there is any information that, when linked with personal data they hold, would mean the data they hold is in fact sensitive personal data, according to a new UK ruling.’
OUT-LAW.com, 1st September 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Lee Rigby internet troll spared jail – BBC News
‘An internet troll who claimed the murder of Lee Rigby was a conspiracy has been spared jail.’
Full story
BBC News, 27th August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
What the Ashley Madison case highlights about jurisdiction in data protection cases – OUT-LAW.com
‘FOCUS: The Ashley Madison data breach case highlights the unsatisfactory lack of clarity that exists over which data protection laws apply to businesses that operate across the world.’
OUT-LAW.com, 24th August 2015
Source: www.out-law.com
Revenge porn: Are the police and courts taking the crime seriously? – The Independent
‘Since April this year, sharing explicit images or videos without consent – known as revenge porn – has been illegal. Now, the first perpetrators are being sentenced. But does the new law go far enough? Emily Dugan speaks to victims, legal experts and campaigners to find out.’
The Independent, 25th August 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Google ordered to remove news links by UK authority – BBC News
‘Google has been ordered to remove nine links to news stories by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) under the “right to be forgotten”.’
BBC News, 21st August 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Age ratings enforced for UK-produced music videos on YouTube and Vevo – The Guardian
‘Clear age ratings will be displayed on UK-produced music videos on YouTube and Vevo, as the government seeks to protect children from inappropriate content online.’
The Guardian, 18th August 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
