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Mark A. Prinsley, Oliver Yaros; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article March 20, 2013, previously published on March 2013 The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (the "Working Party") has warned that many app developers are failing to comply with European data protection law by collecting personal data on end users from apps on their mobile devices without obtaining sufficient consent to do so.
| | Binding Corporate Rules for Processors Launched
Mark A. Prinsley, Oliver Yaros; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article January 10, 2013, previously published on January 9, 2013 Data processors are now able to apply to use Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) in order to move personal data outside of the European Economic Area while complying with European data protection legislation instead of having to implement and maintain sophisticated networks of data transfer contracts in...
|  | CJEU Judgment on Jurisdiction for Football Dataco v Sportradar
Mark A. Prinsley, Oliver Yaros; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 26, 2012, previously published on October 2012 Last week the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled that where a website operator targets and then provides material infringing sui generis database rights to recipients based in an EU Member State over the internet, the act of infringement occurs at least in the EU Member State where...
| | Tenfold Increase in the Number of Data Security Breaches Reported In the UK since 2007 - 2008
Mark A. Prinsley, Oliver Yaros; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 7, 2012, previously published on September 6, 2012 The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has recently released figures, published by the BBC, which reveal that there are now ten times as many personal data security breaches reported to it compared to five years ago, with 821 data breaches reported between 2011 and 2012 but only 79 reports...
| | When Is a Software Licence Transferable Even If It Says It’s Non-Transferable?
Sarah Byrt, Mark A. Prinsley; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article August 20, 2012, previously published on August 2012 Software companies cannot prevent the sale of “second-hand” software licences, where those licences are for a one-off fee and an unlimited period. Clauses in these licences stating that they are non-transferable will not be enforceable. This is the effect of a recent judgment by the...
| | Advocate General Issues Opinion in Football Dataco v Sportradar
Mark A. Prinsley, Oliver Yaros; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 22, 2012, previously published on June 2012 In an important development earlier today, the Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has said that where a website operator displays material on its website that infringes the sui generis database right of a third party, that operator infringes the third party’s rights both in the...
| | Two Days Left To Comply. Deadline for Cookie Compliance Approaches
Mark A. Prinsley, Oliver Yaros; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 23, 2012, previously published on May 2012 Almost a year ago today, new rules came into force concerning the use of cookies on websites by website operators. In the UK, the Information Commissioner’s Office gave website operators a one year grace period from enforcement action, during which website operators were expected to audit and...
| | The European Court of Justice Rules on How Far Copyright Extends in Computer Programs
Sarah Byrt, Mark A. Prinsley, Sangeeta Puran, Jonathan Radcliffe; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 7, 2012, previously published on May 4, 2012 On 2 May 2012 the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union published its decision in SAS Institute Inc v World Programming Ltd (Case C-406-1) ruling on the extent of copyright infringement claims over ideas and procedures.
| | High Court Confirms Landmark CJEU Ruling on Premier League Copyrights, Overturns Portsmouth Landlady’s Criminal Convictions
Mark A. Prinsley, Gillian Sproul; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 28, 2012, previously published on February 2012 The High Court has confirmed the recent landmark decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) and allowed the appeal of Karen Murphy, the Portsmouth landlady who was convicted of two offences under section 297(1) of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA), of...
| | Premier League Copyright Infringed But High Court Calls Time on Anti-Competitive Contracts
Mark A. Prinsley, Gillian Sproul; Mayer Brown International LLP;
Legal Alert/Article February 8, 2012, previously published on February 2012 Following the recent landmark decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), the UK High Court has ruled that using decoder cards imported from other Member States to show live Premier League football matches in UK pubs constitutes a “communication to the public” and can...
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