Regulatory Developments

I’ve just submitted a JANET(UK) response to the Ministry of Justice’s consultation on a draft Defamation Bill. In fact my comments don’t relate to the current draft Bill, but to a longer-term part of the consultation paper (pp 40-47) on whether any changes are needed to the law of liability for Internet intermediaries.
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Europe and the USA are often seen as having very different approaches to personal data: Europe has an over-arching law covering all personal data, the US has some specific laws on particular uses of personal data. One area that is covered by US legislation is the use by universities and colleges of information about their [...]