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EU daily update: communications e-commerce data privacy - 141107

  • Hogan Lovells
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  • European Union
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  • November 14 2007

Commission Decision of 16 October 2007 on the compatibility with Community law of measures taken by the United Kingdom pursuant to Article 3a(1) of Council Directive 89552EEC on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in Member States concerning the pursuit of television broadcasting activities (OJ L 295 14 November 2007, p. 12

Australian Productivity Commission proposes to cut red tape in infrastructure services

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Australia
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  • January 25 2010

The Australian Productivity Commission's latest report identifies ways in which to reduce the regulatory burden on businesses in various sectors such as in information, media and telecommunications

Old wine, new tablet: new Apple iPad raises many legal issues

  • Proskauer Rose LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 28 2010

Apple probably could not have satisfied all the wild and hopeful imaginings of everyone who weighed in on what its new iPad device would look like, and what its functionality would be

To share or not to share? Legal privacy concerns abound

  • Arnstein & Lehr
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  • Global
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  • July 28 2010

The odds are pretty good that if you're a big consumer of mobile apps, the private information on your phone has been collected and sent somewhere without your knowledge

Nokia expands patent claims against Apple

  • Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
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  • USA
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  • December 31 2009

Two months after launching a patent infringement suit against Apple regarding the iPhone, Finnish wireless handset maker Nokia filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that accuses Apple of infringing Nokia patents in “virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, and computers.”

Fines imposed for unwanted marketing calls and messages

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • United Kingdom
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  • July 4 2011

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has announced that the Information Commissioner's Office (the ICO) will have new powers to serve monetary penalties of up to £50,000 for serious incidents where businesses and organisations make unwanted marketing phone calls or send unwanted marketing e-mails to consumers

Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology announces R$100 million for ITC projects to support major sporting events

  • Baker & McKenzie
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  • Brazil
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  • June 1 2011

It has been decided that R$100 million is going to be dedicated to information technology and communications (ITC) projects, including the National Broadband Plan (PNBL), to support the major sporting events that will be held in Brazil - the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016

In the courts

  • Arent Fox LLP
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  • USA
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  • January 24 2011

On January 19, 2011, the US Supreme Court heard oral argument in FCC v. AT&T, which arises out of AT&T’s claim that the FCC could withhold documents otherwise responsive to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on the ground that AT&T qualifies for FOIA’s “personal privacy” exemption

New do-not-track bills target online behavioral marketing and mobile apps

  • Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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  • USA
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  • May 12 2011

Two new "do-not-track" privacy bills would impose new restraints on online tracking, behavioral marketing, and the use of mobile application and geolocation data

The perils of smartphone apps

  • Schoenherr
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  • Austria
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  • March 29 2011

Would you tell a stranger your name, date of birth, credit card number and address?