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First blood to Skynet file-sharing law

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 22 2013

The Copyright Tribunal has issued its first decision relating to the file-sharing provisions of the Copyright Act, the so-called Skynet or

Australian government establishes social networking cyber safety protocol

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • Australia, New Zealand
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  • February 22 2013

Facebook, Google (including YouTube), Yahoo and Microsoft have signed up to a protocol with the Australian government, setting out a process for

Sun rises on new .KIWI domans

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 22 2013

We reported last July about the new range of generic top level domains (gTLDs) being made available by ICANN, which will allow for internet domain

Proposed changes to security requirements of IITP CloudCode

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 22 2013

Since the Institute of IT Professionals (IITP) released its CloudCode last May, the security section (section 5.4) has attracted considerable

Don't find yourself in Zappos' shoes

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 22 2013

If you're an online business, it's time to take another look at your website's terms and conditions. Sometimes the most boring page on your site can

Privacy roundup

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 22 2013

EU white-lists New Zealand privacy laws On 19 December 2012 the European Commission announced that it has formally decided that New Zealand's Privacy

Consumer Law Reform - unfair contract terms in standard form consumer contracts

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 22 2013

The Consumer Law Reform Bill (the Bill) currently before Parliament will give the Commerce Commission the right to apply to the court for a

Defamed in 0.21 seconds? Possible liability for search engine

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 5 2012

In A v Google New Zealand Limited 2012 NZHC 2352, the High Court recently considered the question of whether a search engine provider should be responsible for the content of information on a third party website that was accessed via the search engine's search results

ad: cutting through the astroturf

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 5 2012

The new ASA guidance also states that any paid-for Twitter endorsements must use the hashtag "ad" in order to distinguish the tweet as advertising, a requirement which is consistent with good practice in other jurisdictions

New procurement rules for government

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 5 2012

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) is creating new procurement rules that will replace the Mandatory Rules for Procurement by Government Departments that were endorsed by Cabinet in 2006