I have written about the case of Google Inc vs Equustek Solutions several times over the past couple of years (for example, here, here, and here). This series of blog posts tracked the evolution of the case. Read the rest of this entry »
Google vs. Equustek: Unfortunate Precedent or Positive Development? – Hugh Stephens
19 04 2019Comments : Leave a Comment »
Tags: Equustek, Google, Hugh Stephens Blog
Categories : Canada, Injunction, Legal
Amazon, Facebook and Google don’t need to spy on your conversations to know what you’re talking about – Jason Nurse
27 01 2019
If you’ve ever wondered if your phone is spying on you, you’re not alone. One of the most hotly debated topics in technology today is the amount of data that firms surreptitiously gather about us online. You may well have shared the increasingly common experience of feeling creeped out by ads for something you recently discussed in a real life conversation or an online interaction. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Amazon, Facebook, Google, Jason Nurse, The Conversation
Categories : Data Protection, Privacy, Social Media
The Right To Be Forgotten back in the CJEU: Advocate General Opinions on sensitive personal data and the geographical scope of de-referencing – Ian Helme
11 01 2019
“Reconciling the right to privacy and the protection of personal data with the right to information and freedom of expression in the age of the Internet is one of the main challenges of our time.” With these words, Advocate General Szpunar opened the first of two important opinions involving Google and the right to be forgotten he delivered yesterday, 10 January 2019. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Google, Ian Helme, Right to be Forgotten
Categories : Data Protection, EU
Google and the Right to be Forgotten, Four Case Studies – My Clean Slate
17 10 2018
When dealing with Google, it is good to bear in mind that their erasure policy is both erratic and random. The Right to be Forgotten seems to depend on the individual who is dealing with a request and whether they have had a good or bad day. There have been a number of odd – indeed, downright inconsistent decisions over the past six months which illustrate the problem. Learning on the job does not quite capture it. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Google, My Clean Slate, Right to be Forgotten
Categories : Data Protection, EU, Internet
Case Law: Lloyd v Google, No compensation for Google data breaches – Rosalind English
13 10 2018
Most of us resignedly consent to the use of cookies in order to use internet sites, vaguely aware that these collect information about our browsing habits in order to target us with advertisements. It’s annoying, but does it do us any harm? That is the question that came up before Warby J in a preliminary application for a representative claim in the case of Lloyd v Google LLC [2018] EWHC 2599 (QB). Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Google, Representative Proceedings, Rosalind English, UK Human Rights Blog
Categories : Data Protection, Privacy, Social Media
House of Lords Communications Committee Inquiry “The Internet: to regulate or not to regulate?”, An overview of the evidence, Part 1 – Oscar Davies
15 07 2018
The House of Lords Communications Committee has launched an inquiry into how the regulation of the internet should be improved. Oral and Written evidence has been provided to the Committee by a very wide range of companies, NGOs and individuals from a variety of perspectives. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Communications Committee, Facebook, Google, Oscar Davies
Categories : Internet, Media Regulation
Case Law, Australia, Trkulja v Google LLC, The return of Trkulja, Episode IV – Justin Castelan
27 06 2018
The Trkulja defamation franchise is into its fourth instalment, with the latest victory against the Google Empire coming with a stirring outcome arising from Mr Trkulja’s debut appearance in the High Court ([2018] HCA 25). Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Defamation Watch, Google, Justin Castelan
Categories : Australia, Internet, Libel
Google “Thumbs its Nose” at New Zealand’s Courts: Kiwis Should Look to Canada for a Precedent – Hugh Stephens
6 06 2018
Google is at it again. According to press reports in the New Zealand Herald, Google refused to comply with a New Zealand court order to suppress details and remove content related to a local murder trial because, according to a representative of Google NZ, “Google LLC, was a separate legal entity incorporated in the US, meaning New Zealand’s courts and laws held no power over it.” Tell that to the Supreme Court of Canada. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Google, Hugh Stephens Blog
Categories : Canada, Injunction, Internet, New Zealand
Is the Era of “Permissionless Innovation” and Avoidance of Regulation on the Internet Finally Over? It’s High Time – Hugh Stephens
16 05 2018
It would be the ultimate under-statement to say that recent events concerning the appalling breaches of privacy permitted and indeed orchestrated by Facebook have raised public awareness to new heights over what happens when internet intermediaries are allowed to do just about whatever they want. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Facebook, Google, Hugh Stephens Blog
Categories : Internet, Media Regulation
Defamation take-down requests to Google – Max Campbell
12 05 2018
The right to be forgotten has been in the news again recently following the decision in NT1 & NT2 v Google LLC [2018] EWHC 799 (QB) (read our blog on that decision here), but Google will often voluntarily remove content from its search engine results on a variety of other grounds, including that the content is defamatory. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Brett Wilson Media Law Blog, Google, Max Campbell
Categories : Internet, Libel
