Information Technology

• High Court Stamps on Illicit Live Streaming of Boxing Matches Online

  • Posted13 December 2018

  Unauthorised online streaming of major sporting events, depriving organisers of their legitimate revenues, is ever on the increase. However, as a case in which the High Court came to the...

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• Failure to Have a Social Media Policy Can be Costly

  • Posted5 December 2018

  Firms that do not have a social media policy in place should give consideration to introducing one and taking steps to make it part of the terms and conditions of...

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• ‘No Deal’ Brexit – Guidance on Geographical Descriptions of Food and Drink

  • Posted20 November 2018

  The Government has commenced issuing a series of guidance notes on how to proceed in the event that a ‘no deal’ Brexit occurs. Whilst the guidance does not have...

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• Debranded Goods Still Protected by Trade Mark Law

  • Posted2 November 2018

  Products sell for widely differing prices in different national markets and that creates the opportunity for goods to be transferred from a low-price market to a higher-price one – a...

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• New Guidance on Transfers of Data Abroad

  • Posted12 October 2018

  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued new guidance on compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for organisations that transfer data out of the UK. Because the...

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• £500,000 or £1 Billion? It’s Just a Matter of Timing

  • Posted27 September 2018

  The recent £500,000 fine for Facebook regarding the transfer of data to Cambridge Analytica was widely criticised as being inadequate (Facebook makes roughly £3.5 million per hour) but it should...

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