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Facebook amend privacy settings following an unpleasant poke from EU privacy protectors

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • European Union
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  • July 5 2010

The social networking site Facebook has reacted to strong criticism from the Article 29 Working Party by overhauling its privacy settings to make them simpler

Google in the news

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • Global
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  • July 14 2011

Defeat in a recent libel case in Italy has given Google a headache over the output of its 'autocomplete' function, Google Instant

Facebook’s privacy hoax

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 4 2012

Many Facebook users will have seen various legalistic posts popping up on their homepage over the last week

Will you or won’t you?

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 3 2012

The subject of "digital wills" has come into focus recently, particularly due to reports surrounding Bruce Willis and his wish to leave his iTunes account to his children when he dies

Are members of the royal family entitled to a private life?

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 21 2012

Over the past two months there have been two news stories that have focussed attention on the private lives of members of the royal family in the United Kingdom

Data protection alternative to a defamation claim is "absurd"

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • June 1 2009

In a blow for claimants creatively using their rights under the Data Protection Act (DPA) - in this case to restrict use of personal information in the public arena - Mr Justice Eady in the High Court ruled that the DPA is not to be used to afford a set of parallel remedies for failed defamation actions

MoD ordered to disclose staff information

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • October 16 2007

The Information Tribunal has agreed with the Information Commissioner that the Defence Export Services Organisation ("DESO") which is part of the MoD, must disclose their staff contacts directory to a Guardian newspaper journalist under the Freedom of Information Act ("FoI"

Man awarded £22,000 in damages after claim of invasion of privacy and defamation on social networking site Facebook

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • United Kingdom
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  • September 11 2008

A High Court judge has awarded businessman Matthew Firsht £22,000 in damages for defamation and misuse of private information after a fake profile was created for him on social networking website Facebook

Jury rules that Google infringed copyright: but was it fair?

  • Shepherd & Wedderburn LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • May 18 2012

A Californian jury has ruled that the Android mobile platform, which is operated by Google Inc, infringes copyright relating to the Java programming language, which is owned by Oracle Corp

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