This is the fourth instalment in a regular new series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world. It is intended to complement our United States: Monthly Round Up posts. Please let us know if there are other cases and jurisdictions which we should be covering. Read the rest of this entry »
Monthly International Round Up – Suneet Sharma
24 03 2020Comments : Leave a Comment »
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Categories : Australia, Canada, Caselaw, Legal, Libel
United States: Media and Law Round Up – March 2020
19 03 2020
The US Congress is considering passing a Data Protection Bill in a bid to harmonise data protection regimes nationwide. BetaNews considers the implications and developments. There have also been calls for a US data protection agency to be established which a number of commentators have called for following Senator Kirsten Gillbrand’s proposal for such legislation. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Legal, Media, United States
Monthly International Round Up – Suneet Sharma
27 02 2020
This is the third instalment in a regular new series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world. It is intended to complement our United States: Monthly Round Up posts. Please let us know if there are other cases and jurisdictions which we should be covering. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Libel
United States: Media and Law Round Up – February 2020
16 02 2020Facebook has entered a $550m settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement comes following allegations that the social media giant’s photo-scanning technology violated Illinois privacy laws. The law, the Illinois Privacy Act 2008, was very strict in its adjudication of consumer privacy laws. The Guardian has coverage. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Legal, Media, United States
Monthly International Round Up – Suneet Sharma
30 01 2020This is the second instalment in a regular new series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world. It is intended to complement our United States: Monthly Round Up posts. Please let us know if there are other cases and jurisdictions which we should be covering. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Legal, Libel, Media
Top 10 Privacy and Data Protection Cases of 2019: a selection – Suneet Sharma
6 01 2020
Inforrm covered a wide range of data protection and privacy cases in 2019. Following last years post here is my selection of most notable privacy and data protection cases across 2019: Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Data Protection, Privacy
Top 10 Defamation Cases of 2019: a selection – Suneet Sharma
31 12 2019
Inforrm reported on a large number of defamation cases from around the world in 2019. Following my widely read posts on 2017 and 2018 defamation cases, this is my personal selection of the most legally and factually interesting cases from England, Australia and the United States from the past year. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Libel
Monthly International Law and Media Round Up – Suneet Sharma
11 12 2019This is the first instalment in a regular new series from Inforrm highlighting press and case reports of new media and information cases from around the world. It is intended to complement our United States: Monthly Round Up posts. Please let us know if there are other cases and jurisdictions which we should be covering. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Australia, Canada, China, France, Legal
United States: The case of the “pedo guy” tweet: Elon Musk is successful in his defence – Suneet Sharma
8 12 2019
On Friday 6 December 2019, a US District Court jury returned a verdict in favour of Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a $190 million libel case brought by British cave diver, Vernon Unsworth. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Libel, United States
Compound liability following data breaches: Equifax two years on – Suneet Sharma
29 10 2019
In September 2017 Equifax suffered a data breach exposing the personal data of over 147 million people. Hackers utilised a website application vulnerability to access the personal data of customers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Categories : Data Protection, Legal
