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Two individuals who posted abusive and threatening tweets to the Twitter account of feminist campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez, were last week jailed at Westminster magistrates’ court for their actions.

A recent case in New Jersey, although not binding in the UK, highlights the importance of clear electronic media use policies within businesses to set clear parameters on what is, and is not, expected of employees in terms of personal internet usage.

With the current economic climate and the likelihood of an increase in employment disputes and redundancies, it is inevitable that we will also see an increase in subject access requests and perhaps a greater number of requests made to the Information Commissioner to investigate the current data protection practices of those businesses.

Are you able to recognise when something is being advertised to you? In most cases this will be obvious from the situation.

On 30th March, 2017, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) fined a Glasgow based firm £80k for making over 109,000 nuisance calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).

A victory of a six-bedroom guest house owner at Uig (west coast of Lewis, Outer Hebrides) over the global travel website TripAdvisor may seem like an unlikely story.

For those who still think that a "Tweet" is a chirping noise made by a small bird, and couldn't tell Mark Zuckerberg from Mark Wahlberg, social networking is big business.

Leading tobacco company Philip Morris International (PMI), creators of the Marlboro brand, have sparked debate by submitting a number of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to the University of Stirling in respect of the University's research on tobacco packaging and marketing, and its influence on youths.

The Commons Justice Select Committee's recent report on the work of the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is a mixed bag when it comes to assessing the performance and future of the ICO.

A fundamental aspect of all fair and lawful processing of personal data under the current data protection rules is the requirement for the party who is the data controller to meet one or more conditions ("the conditions for processing").

Glazing contractors Southern Glass Services (SGS) have been successful in what is being hailed by some as a "landmark case" in the construction industry. The details are as follows:

An advanced payment of the price due under a building contract could discharge a bondsman from its obligation to make payment under a bond, unless contract terms provide otherwise.

Before signing up to a lease of premises, it is essential for the tenant to ensure that: (A) planning permission exists for the proposed use; and (B) the lease permits that proposed use.

The Council Of Mortgage Lenders (Cml) Has Updated The Disclosure Of Incentives Form ("Dif") With The New Changes Due To Come Into Effect On 1 October 2011.

The 'Green Deal' initiative came into force on 28 January 2013, in order to promote the energy efficiency of commercial and domestic properties in the UK.

The Cabinet Office has issued Information Note 1/2011 "Making fair payment in construction a requirement in central government contracts - NEC Z Clause".

The Scottish Government has established a Land Reform Review Group to undertake a review of the land reform measures introduced in 2004.

The reclassification would result in the debt of Housing Associations being counted as public borrowing and could raise concerns over government-imposed restrictions on the borrowing ability of these bodies.