‘The Court of Appeal in London must maintain the right of brand owners to obtain website blocking orders against internet service providers (ISPs) as a means of enforcing their trade mark rights against infringers, an expert has said.’
OUT-LAW.com, 24th February 2016
Source: www.out-law.com
‘Two brothers have been remanded in custody after a judge ordered them back to court over abusive Facebook messages posted shortly after they were handed suspended prison terms.’
Guardian, 16 February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A public consultation over plans to implement age checks on pornography websites has been launched by the UK government.’
BBC News, 16 February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘This morning, the Joint Committee on the Draft Investigatory Powers Bill issued a 200-page report on the draft new law. It’s the next step in the scrutiny of a foundational piece of UK national security law – capabilities and safeguards on internet surveillance. The Report is remarkable and comprehensive work – not least because it was done in a few short months. The Committee has made no fewer than 86 recommendations for how the Bill can be improved.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 11th February 2016
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Google will begin blocking search results across all of its domains when a search takes place within Europe, in an extension of how it implements the “right to be forgotten” ruling.’
The Guardian, 11th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The home secretary has yet to make a conclusive case for giving spying agencies new snooping powers to track the web browsing histories of all British citizens, a key committee of peers and MPs has concluded.’
The Guardian, 11th February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Plans to authorise mass data collection and hacking by Britain’s spies do not do enough to protect privacy, a watchdog has warned.’
BBC News, 9th February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A judge who wrongly questioned the status of a solicitor after doing his own research on the Law Society’s website, has been criticised by the Court of Appeal.’
Legal Futures, 5th February 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘A man who raped a 12-year-old girl he had groomed on social media has been jailed for eight years.’
BBC News, 6th February 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘The number of rape allegations linked to online dating websites has increased sixfold in five years, according to Britain’s leading crime-fighting body.’
The Independent, 8th February 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The government’s investigatory powers bill lacks clarity and is sowing confusion among tech firms about the extent to which “internet connection records” will be collected, a parliamentary select committee has warned.’
The Guardian, 1st February 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘A 25 year old man who used social media to harass a man because of his disability has been sentenced to six weeks imprisonment.’
CPS News Brief, 27th January 2016
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
‘Paedophile Trevor Monk paid for the live streaming of child abuse from the Philippines and then travelled there to carry out the abuse himself. His case represents a growing problem of British men ordering abuse over the internet.’
BBC News, 26th January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A paedophile who filmed himself abusing young girls in the Philippines has been jailed for 19-and-a-half years.’
BBC News, 26th January 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Disputes over domain names tend to be dealt with outside of the normal court system, in panels run by dispute resolution service providers accredited by ICANN. So a decision of the UK court over as series of domain names including RBS group brands makes interesting reading.’
Technology Law Update, 22nd January 2016
Source: www.technology-law-blog.co.uk
‘A leading barrister has described the issuing of a 24-hour sex notification order as “very odd” and “pretty silly”.’
The Independent, 24th January 2015
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) is set to make encouraging comparison sites to enter the legal market one of its goals for the next year, along with telling regulators to be clearer about how they spend the profession’s money.’
Legal Futures, 20th January 2016
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘In December 2015, the European Court of Human Rights, by 6 votes to 1, dismissed a Romanian national’s appeal against his employer’s decision to terminate his contract for using a professional Yahoo Messenger account to send personal messages to his fiancé and brother.’
UK Human Rights Blog, 14th January 2015
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
‘Coffee shops running Wi-Fi networks may have to store internet data under new snooping laws, Theresa May has said.’
The Guardian, 13th January 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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