New rules are to be brought in surrounding healthcare staff with HIV, with the ban that stops them performing certain medical procedures, such as surgery, to be lifted first.
Private Emails Not So Private
People sending email to any of Google’s 425 million Gmail users apparently have “no reasonable expectation” that their correspondence is confidential, according to the firm itself.
Trade Mark Conundrum
Experts have described the recent ruling by the Intellectual Property Office, in which it refused to allow Nestlé to trademark the four-finger shape of its KitKat bar, as “remarkable”.
Data Protection Vote Postponed Again
The European Union is currently reviewing the European Data Protection framework in order to ensure that European law is fit for purpose for the digital era, despite the parliamentary vote on amendments to data protection law has just been postponed for the third successive time.
Hate Crime Consultation Needs Responses
The Law Commission published a consultation recently asking whether or not the laws around hate crime should be reformed to cover disability, sexual orientation and gender, race and religion.