“A woman who was caught in a YouTube clip telling an Asian man to ‘f*** off to your own country’ in a drunken rant on the London tube has been cleared of racially aggravated harassment.”
The Independent, 27th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Laws used by Britain’s spy agencies to justify mass surveillance and interception techniques must be reviewed to ensure they have kept pace with ‘incredible changes’ in communications, one of the country’s foremost intelligence experts has said.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Court of Appeal found that the 6 ½ yr sentence given to facebook groomer Husaini Master was unduly lenient and raised it to 9 yrs.”
Attorney General’s Office, 24th September 2013
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
“A man who was confronted by a vigilante paedophile-hunting group over abusive activities towards a child has been jailed for eight years.”
The Independent, 20th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“OPINION: ISPs are wrong to suggest that data protection laws prevent rights holders creating a database of suspected online copyright infringers. Any concerns ISPs have about invasion of customers’ privacy can be overcome by the use of safeguards.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th September 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“A conman with an ‘addiction’ to swindling money from vulnerable women on dating websites has been jailed for four years.”
The Independent, 17th September 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Online advertisers do not have to hold evidence to show that user comments can be substantiated and that they comply with UK advertising rules where the comments have not been “adopted and incorporated” into marketing material, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has confirmed.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th September 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“US and British intelligence agencies have successfully cracked much of the online encryption relied upon by hundreds of millions of people to protect the privacy of their personal data, online transactions and emails, according to top-secret documents revealed by former contractor Edward Snowden.”
The Guardian, 6th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Dance music brand Ministry of Sound is suing Spotify for copyright infringement, claiming the streaming music company has refused to delete users’ playlists that copy its compilation albums.”
The Guardian, 4th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A city council has been fined £100,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office after information on social services involvement with a number of individuals was published online.”
Local Government Lawyer, 30th August 2013
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
“Football fans who abuse players or fellow supporters online have been warned they could face prosecution, as lawyers and police unveiled a new policy for tackling hooliganism.”
The Guardian, 23rd August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Gambling operators could lose their licence to advertise and trade in Great Britain if they fail to comply with a new tax regime where liability for UK tax is based on the location of the customer rather than the gambling operator.”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th August 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
Privacy campaigners have condemned Google for responding to British users’ claims that it had illicitly tracked their web browsing by claiming that UK laws do not apply to it.
The Guardian, 19th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“This week, judicial review continued to take a beating, the Home Office backed down over their ‘Go Home’ campaign and the legal implications behind the twitter threat debacle were considered. And, finally, the immigration and asylum tribunal launched a useful online search service.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 19th August 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
“The Internet has changed the world and many say the law is struggling to keep up, writes Lyndon Harris.”
Criminal Law and Justice Weekly, 17th August 2013
Source: www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk
“Campaign group for ‘heterosexual equal rights’ uses US copyright law to issue a takedown notice.”
The Guardian, 13th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Yesterday I posted about a new and important High Court judgment on the application of the subject access regime. As it happens, yesterday was also the day on which the Information Commissioner published his new ‘Subject Access Code of Practice’. This is an important document which requires careful consideration by anyone working in the DPA field.”
Panopticon, 9th August 2013
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
“A trade mark owner has won the right to stop its mark being adopted as a new generic ‘top-level’ domain (gTLD) by a rival company.”
OUT-LAW.com, 9th August 2013
Source: www.out-law.com
“Former RAF officer Owen Morris wants damages for defamation and breach of privacy, claiming sex work was fabricated.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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