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Ordering police trainee to cut his hair was not sex discrimination, tribunal rules
A trainee police officer who was forced to cut his shoulder-length hair has failed in his claim that the order constituted sex discrimination. An Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) said that the police force's dress code was fair. More »
Redaction time cannot contribute to FOI cost capping, rules Tribunal
Organisations cannot count the hours they spend blanking out parts of documents when calculating whether a freedom of information request is too time consuming to be met, the Information Tribunal has ruled. More »
Big brother ads don't need to be banned, they just need to be labelled
EDITORIAL: Could something as simple as better labelling quell much of the user and regulator disquiet about behavioural advertising? It's not a panacea, but it would certainly help. More »
Expert claims file-sharing Bill could give Government control of the internet
The Digital Economy Bill would give the Government the power to control the internet access of UK citizens by ministerial order, bypassing Parliament and without an adequate right of appeal, according to one legal expert. More »
Unfair dismissal compensation cap falls
The maximum amount that an Employment Tribunal can award in compensation for unfair dismissal has fallen for what is believed to be the first time. More »
Commission drops Microsoft Commission case after further browser ballot assurances
The European Commission has dropped its competition law case against Microsoft over its browser software and accepted the company's solution of offering Microsoft Windows users a screen through which they can choose non-Microsoft browsers. More »
UK publishers win right to protect brewer leak source
Five UK news publishers have won the right not to hand over leaked documents after defying successive UK court rulings ordering them to release the files. The papers claimed doing so would reveal their sources. More »
Privacy policy clause is not justification for revealing anonymous poster's identity, US court rules
An anonymous web user who posted a comment under an online newspaper story cannot be un-masked, a US Court has ruled. It found that the person did not waive his rights to anonymity despite the contents of the site's privacy policy. More »
Government appoints CCTV watchdog
The Government has appointed a regulator to oversee the use of CCTV technology amidst growing concerns about surveillance and the effectiveness of the cameras. A minister said he hoped the appointment would "address public concern" about CCTV use. More »
Lucasfilm cannot enforce US copyright ruling on Star Wars helmets, rules Court of Appeal
The makers of sci-fi blockbuster Star Wars have failed in their bid to establish that they owned the copyright in the helmets of the film's sinister stormtrooper army. In an appeal they lost a right, granted earlier, to enforce a US copyright ruling. More »