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Removing potentially libellous material posted by website users as soon as possible can protect from liability

Institutions falling to report data breaches can face financial penalties from April 2010

The Scottish Information Commissioner publishes new guidance for making and handling FOI requests.

CILIP are offering a full-day training course on Copyright for Beginners, available in London on 3 March 2010, and on 16 September 2010.

Where an employee creates a work, unknown to his employer, and copies that work to create something new, there is no case for infringement.

Further to consultation on The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, the Home Office has published new Codes of Practice that will come into force on 6 April 2010.

A council were found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after sensitive personal data relating to social work records were found in a filing cabinet bought by a member of the public.

The Information Tribunal has been abolished and its functions have been subsumed into the General Regulatory Chamber.

Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) publishes new guidance to help individuals in Northern Ireland take a claim to court under the Data Protection Act.

This report highlights developments that have taken place since the publication of the Data Handling Review.

ICO issues guidance on its new powers to impose monetary penalties of up to £500,000 for serious breaches of the Data Protection Act.

A Birmingham high school has been required to sign a formal undertaking after a laptop containing the unencrypted personal details of around a thousand staff and students was stolen. 

An American graduate found guilty of copyright infringement for illegally downoading and uploading songs on Napster and Kazaa is seeking a new trial or a reduction of damages.

French court finds Google guilty of infringing copyright by digitising books and putting extracts online.

Penningtons Solicitors have reported on a recent settlement between Getty Images and a removals firm which had used without licence a Getty Images photo.

The consultation on a revised code of practice can be found on the Scottish Government website.

The Information Tribunal has ruled that redaction time cannot count towards Freedom of Information (FOI) cost capping. 

EU approves two agreements on copyright law.

The UK Intellectual Property Office has released for consultation detailed legislative proposals designed to implement the adopted parts of the Gowers Review.

The Information Commissioner's Office has launched a consultation on new guidance governing online privacy.