U.S. tech company Yahoo Inc is to face a class-action lawsuit in America. It is accused of illegally intercepting emails sent to Yahoo Mail accounts from non-Yahoo Mail users and using the content to focus advertising and boost revenue. Yahoo is accused of copying and analysing non-Yahoo Mail users emails, including attachments, in order to create “targeted advertising” for an estimated … Continue reading
An opinion coming from one of Europe’s most senior lawyers may impact on the UK election and throw into question what rights European migrants have in their host countries. Following hot on the heels of last year’s European Court of Justice decision in Dano -v- Jobcenter Leipzig, the latest opinion of the Advocate General has suggested that if a … Continue reading
The systematic theft of up to $10million a time has resulted in a reported 100 banks being stung across 30 countries worldwide. Kaspersky Labs has said that a ‘professional’ hacking group has used basic phishing style techniques to infiltrate banks in Russia, the US, China and the UK, watching and waiting for months before taking … Continue reading
With images of shoppers fighting for this year’s must have products dominating the news cycle over the past weekend, the idea of shopping from the comfort of your home (or office desk) may be even more appealing. Throw into the mix some one-off, never to be repeated deals and unprecedented savings offers and you would … Continue reading
I spoke to Sally Bundock on the BBC’s World Business Report early in the morning of 26 November 2014, ahead of the European Parliament’s vote to curb the dominant position of Google in Europe. The vote follows a series of curbs made at European and EU Member State level, including the introduction of the ‘right to be … Continue reading
On 11 November 2014, I joined the BBC News team to discuss the case of Elisabeta Dano, who brought her case against Jobcenter Leipzig following a refusal to make a ‘basic provision’ payment. Speaking ahead of the judgment, which later confirmed that economically inactive EU citizens who go to another Member State solely in order to … Continue reading
Des Hudson has been one of the enduring faces at the Law Society since he took up the role of chief executive in 2006. After almost eight years at the helm, he is set to retire and depart Chancery Lane. SJ’s editor at large, Kevin Poulter, met Hudson to discuss his time at the society … Continue reading
Good service is something we take for granted, both giving and receiving. I am sure that we each deliver it to our clients daily and expect it in return from those who we instruct and deal with in our working day. In fact, the Solicitors Regulation Authority prescribes the minimum level of service we must … Continue reading
The unprecedented monopolisation of grocery shopping by big stores and international names over the past 20 years has changed our shopping habits and the way we spend our weekends. Whether you are the type of shopper who follows a list, compares prices between stores or just throw things in a basket and hopes for the best, … Continue reading
Scams are on the up. From lo-tech to online, the statistics say that fraud offences have increased by 183% since 2008, and 34% since 2012. Scammers are using any means possible to convince you to part with your money, but it is not always easy to tell who you should believe and who should be … Continue reading
Kevin Poulter 