The 2006 Data Retention Directive requires EU-based Internet Service Providers to store information on customers and their online communications. The Directive is being reviewed by the European Commission, and has been criticised in a number of [...]
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The advancement of Information Technology has hastened the ability to disseminate information across the globe. In particular, the recent trends in ‘Social Networking’ have led to a spark in personally sensitive information being [...] Through a systematic analysis of the UK’s Data Protection Act’s first data protection principle, this article demonstrates that the EU data protection regime seriously threatens research into social (including political and historical) affairs. The [...] Should IP addresses be regulated as personal data under the European Union’s Data Protection Directive? Where do we draw the line separating personal from anonymous data, and which means of identification should be taken into account when we make [...] While national and international disability-discrimination provisions lay down a duty to design accessible websites, the actual standards by which accessibility is gauged is an area in which self-regulation and the lack of a definitive international [...] This paper evaluates the development of online dispute resolution (ODR) methods in resolving small value disputes arising out of e-commerce transactions and the need for designing a regulatory model to realise its full potential in the EU. The paper [...] The article analyses the E-Commerce Directives’ provisions regarding intermediary services liability when applied to mobile operators. Further, it explores whether the lack of clarity which in several respects characterizes the ISP liability [...] In a recent decision of the Tribunal of Milan three Google executives were convicted for violating data protection law, in connection with the online posting of a video showing a disabled person being bullied and insulted. This paper, after [...] Interoperability, having the potential to be leverage for spurring follow-on innovation and competitive impulses in the network environment, is attributed to a number of mandatory solutions under EU Directives as well as standardisation efforts. [...] |
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