The High Court in England has issued a recent ruling in the case of AKO Capital LLP & Another v TFS Derivatives & Others that the service of a court claim may be carried out via Facebook.

Amendments made last week to the Digital Economy Bill have the potential seriously to impact upon the ability of sites such as YouTube to show freely content posted by users.

Hot on the heels of its recently published report on cyber-security across FTSE 350 organisations, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published revised cyber security guidance for business.

The UK Information Commissioner has been given new powers to impose hefty fines on: those who intentionally or recklessly disclose information contained in personal data to another person; those who repeatedly and negligently allow information to be contained in personal data to be disclosed; and on those whose deliberate or reckless actions result in breaches of the Data Protection Act's eight Principles.

Ernst and Young have released their annual Global Fraud Survey results which follows the questioning of over 2,700 board members, executives, managers and teams.

Last week the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced that an employee of a personal injury claims company was guilty in offences of illegally obtaining NHS patient information from two different walk-in treatment centres in Bury, Greater Manchester.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced that Apple Inc, the software and hardware giant, has agreed to change its contractual terms and conditions to make them fairer for consumers.

The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) have published a new set of Good Practice Principles in relation to Behavioural Advertising, an increasingly popular way of targeting advertising to internet users.

Privacy campaigners have accused some of the biggest UK companies of spying on their customers via the internet. The reason for this is that companies are now using special software which allows them to scan websites such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter for negative comments about their services.

Tuesday 10th February, marks Safer Internet Day across the UK and in more than a hundred other countries across the world.

Mobile phone internet users are now protected from 'shock' mobile phone bills for surfing the internet.

Media companies frequently receive demands to remove inappropriate content, posted by users, from their websites.

We recently reported in an earlier e-update that following the recent spate of 'unfortunate' data losses, the UK's Information Commissioner had issued a good practice note "Security of Personal Information". In it he provides some basic practical advice on how to assess the risks for your business and review what security measures you may need to put in place.

A recent report published by the Information Commissioner's Office ("ICO") serves as a stark warning to consumers and organisations to take better care of their data.

Once again Richard Thomas the UK's data protection regulator has demonstrated that his office will take action against companies who infringe the Data Protection Act (the "Act"). The latest to be named and shamed is the Carphone Warehouse along with Talk Talk, its sister company

Following a 4 day hearing before the Information Tribunal, Scottish Borders Council (SBC) has successfully appealed a fine for £250,000 imposed on it by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Sharing your thoughts and comments through social media is now the accepted norm, and sharing photos is just as popular. Instagram, Flickr and Picasa are well established within the online photo-sharing community, which is exactly what most of users think they are for – sharing their favourite pictures with their community of friends and family.

A major data protection leak by a London Sexual Health Clinic has resulted in the details of 780 patients who have attended HIV clinics being shared in a newsletter.

Late last week the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) published a report detailing the results of its most recent FTSE350 cyber-security survey.

The Court of Session has reiterated that balancing of accounts in bankruptcy may be relied upon by a defender in enforcement proceedings to successfully resist enforcement of an adjudicator's award.