Schmidt once again said the firm is operating within the law. Schmidt 'Perplexed' by UK Tax Debate Meanwhile in the UK, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has said he is "perplexed" by the ongoing uproar around the firm's tax payments.
Another instance involved a UK local law enforcement agency's request to take down a YouTube video that falsely portrayed an official wearing a racist uniform. Local law enforcement also asked that another YouTube video be taken down because it...
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt has defended the firm’s UK tax payments, claiming it operates within the law and is responsible for “billions” of spend in the country. I think the most important thing to say about our taxes is that we fully...
Google's privacy policies are under investigation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to see if they are illegal under UK law. The action follows an initial investigation by the French data protection authority CNIL, on behalf of the...
Even when content doesn’t violate their own guidelines, Google may bend to the law of any given country. In Thailand, the Ministry of Information, Communication and Technology asked Google to remove 149 YouTube videos for allegedly insulting the...
This was the date on which the EU Privacy Directive, which had become UK law the previous year, started to be enforced by the UK regulator, the ICO. When the UK regulator first announced the date for the Privacy Directive to become law, a flurry of...
Google and other search engines should take steps to ensure that their websites are not used as vehicles to breach the law and should actively develop and use such technology,” the MPs said in their report.
The issue is particularly interesting from a UK and European perspective as it comes weeks before the so-called Cookie Law comes in to force in May, which will force firms to obtain the consent of users before deploying cookies on browsers.
At the urging of competition law officials, Microsoft recently announced that it will not seek injunctions against other firms' products on the basis of standard essential products (and has never done so).
The cookie law is an amendment to the ePrivacy Directive which came into force on 26 May, and requires web site owners using cookies to achieve explicit consent from visitors to install and run cookies on their systems.
Google thinks the freedom of expression is most important value to uphold on the internet… We concluded in the end that it is impossible to provide benefits to internet users while observing this country’s law because the law does not fall in line...
Whilst the claim has some merit, it is really more the impact of technology that has given the protestors and law enforcement quicker methods for sharing or gathering of information. Like much of the social upheaval throughout the globe recently...
Remember before publishing anything online make sure to carefully review copyright law for the country of origin, and your country. Here are some government sources for the US and Europe: data.gov, data.gov.uk and ourdata.eu.
This is a biggie and I only reluctantly put it here as number three in order to hide it from the GEA (Google Law Enforcement Agency). It’s most likely because you have U.S.links and their corresponding anchor text linking from the U.S.to your UK site.
As virtual worlds and currencies are so difficult to regulate effectively and the law has not yet caught up, the potential for fraud, money laundering, account hacking and other forms of digital crime continue to pop up like weeds- even...
UK Delays EU Cookie Law Enforcement - ClickZRegulators won't require consent for cookie placement until May 2012. Today Google celebrates the 6th birthday of Youtube and one year of owning AdMob. We celebrate a day of not having to read an SEO is...
Last year a New Jersey judge ruled that a blogger was not covered by the state's shield law protecting unveiling sources. The judges praised the way journalists Jesse Eisinger and Jake Bernstein used online tools "to help explain the complex...
The Challenges Facing David Cameron's Quest To Overhaul UK Copyright Law - paidContent Pearlfinders, a company that interviews senior marketers in the US and UK, found that companies that invest heavily in paid search advertising for desktop...
Following the DroidDream Android malware scare, Google announced that they had removed the malicious applications from the Android Market, suspended the developer accounts, and contacted law enforcement, in addition to using its remote application...
Does The Recent YouTube Case Indicate A Need For New Criminal Law? More parties than any single year and a new venue slap bang in the heart of London should have given you plenty of opportunities to network with the buzzing search marketing...
