Out-law Radio

Different parts of the Middle East have different data protection regimes. Pinsent Masons experts talk through the various emerging data protection laws.

Data protection experts look to France for clues about how new EU rules giving data protection authorities the power to audit processes and premises might work.

New data protection laws will require many more data protection officers, but there are strict rules about who can and who can't do the job.

We put more and more information about ourselves online, and in Europe remain confident that strong data protection laws apply. But whose law, exactly, does control the use of information about us? And how is that question decided?

We look at the European Commission's competition law investigation into Google and its biggest secret – its search algorithms.

We analyse the UK Government's assertion that market competition is enough to head off any problems caused by a lack of net neutrality laws.

We analyse Twitter's decision to start protecting its trade marked terms more aggressively.

We talk to Sherron Watkins, the woman credited with bringing Enron fraudsters to account, about the international reach of a new US law which guarantees payouts to whistleblowers.

We investigate the Government blacklist of items that cannot leave the country without its permission. Seemingly innocuous items are on the list, and it covers emailed plans as well as actual items.

We talk to the man behind a system designed to make sure that hoteliers know when a potential guest has caused upset elsewhere. Is it in line with data protection law?

A data security company's research shows that what IT managers think are the best ways to stop data breaches are actually not the most effective techniques at all.

A company is causing a storm of controversy by acquiring the right to sue bloggers who repost newspaper articles online. Critics cry foul while targets of the suits look for the safety of settlements.

A dispute over footballing photo rights reveals what few fans probably knew: if they take a snap at their local football ground, the club probably owns the copyright.

The fashion industry is riddled with fakery, from internet-peddled counterfeits to artful 'homages' from designer to designer. So should the rag trade change its approach to IP?

Your online service might collect all sorts of user data – but what if your users are children? How to stay on the right side of data protection laws when your customers are kids.

One expert tells us how the long-awaited Supreme Court Bilski ruling will make life harder – and more expensive – for businesses.

We talk to one of the world's leading privacy law academics about what Google really means when it says 'privacy is important to us'. And he tells us what one measure would solve all our privacy woes.

On the cusp of concluding a multi-million pound deal an email is sent but not read. Did it conclude the deal? The High Court decides.

We talk to an academic about the existing clause of US copyright law that could strip companies of their rights if they use copyright to bully critics.

We talk to the man behind a site that allows you to anonymously review your professional peers and ask: HR godsend or libel timebomb?