| 1 | Direct marketing: a quick guide A quick guide to the main rules relating to direct marketing. This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Direct marketing: an overview of the key legal issues. The key legal issues to bear in mind when you are planning a campaign of direct marketing. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | E-marketing: a quick guide A quick guide to the main rules relating to electronic direct marketing.This is one of a series of quick guides, see Quick guides. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Employer Access to Social Media Accounts State Laws ... A Chart describing state legislation prohibiting private employers from asking employees and job applicants to provide access to their social media accounts and reveal usernames and passwords, with certain exceptions. | Practice note: overview | 03-Jun-2013 |
| 5 | Social media toolkit (UK) A toolkit of resources relating to use of social media, based on law applicable in the UK. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 6 | Social Media Usage Toolkit Resources to assist in identifying the legal risks and potential rewards presented by company, employee and third party use of social media. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 7 | Social media: a quick guide A brief description of social media categories and the most popular websites and services. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 8 | US Privacy and Data Security Law: Overview This Note provides an overview of prominent US privacy and data security laws relating to the collection, use, processing and disclosure of personal information. It summarizes key federal privacy and data security laws, certain state laws, with a focus on California and Massachusetts and the Mobile Marketing Association and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, two key industry-specific privacy and data security guidelines and requirements. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 9 | Access to the internet A discussion of the different technologies that can be used to gain access to the internet, the main services that users are likely to require from internet service providers (ISPs), and the key issues which users should consider when contracting with ISPs for access to the internet. | Practice notes | 30-Nov-2009 |
| 10 | Are you looking for EU law content on this topic? A practice note explaining where to find EU law content from a topic page. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Caching Analysis of legal issues raised by caching, a practice developed by web businesses in order to facilitate use of the internet. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | Cookies: UK issues A practice note outlining issues that providers should consider before placing cookies on the terminal equipment of internet users. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Creative Commons Licensing This note considers the Creative Commons licensing scheme, how it came into being and how the licences work. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 14 | Cyber Attacks: Prevention and Proactive Responses This Note discusses common cyber attack scenarios and sets out actions that companies can take to prevent or respond to attacks, including developing a cyber attack response plan. It also addresses the chief compliance officer's role in preventing and containing attacks and law enforcement referrals, and civil and criminal actions companies can pursue against attackers. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 15 | Data protection aspects of the retention of communications ... A note considering the data protection aspects of the mandatory retention of, and access to, communications data held by communications service providers in the UK. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 16 | Defamation on the internet An analysis of the application of UK defamation law to statements published on the internet, particularly in relation to the liability of ISPs. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 17 | Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA): Safe Harbors for ... This Note provides an overview of the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), also known as the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act (OCILLA). Under certain circumstances, the DMCA's safe harbor provisions protect online service providers from copyright infringement liability based on the actions of their users. This Note discusses the four safe harbors created by the DMCA, eligibility requirements for each safe harbor, and the DMCA's notice, takedown and counter-notice framework. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 18 | Direct marketing A practice note which explains the statutory and regulatory rules and codes that apply to direct marketing activities, including those relating to data protection, privacy, advertising standards, e-mail communications and distance selling. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 19 | Domain names This note discusses the nature of domain names (electronic addresses for websites), the registration, transfer and resolution of disputes in relation to domain names, and the relationship between domain names and trade marks. These issues are considered in relation to generic top-level domains (gTLDs), and in relation to country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs). Note: This note does not reflect ICANN's generic top-level domain (gTLD) expansion program. For more information, see Article, Generic Top-level Domain (gTLD) Expansion | Practice notes | 31-Jul-2009 |
| 20 | E-Commerce Payment Mechanisms A discussion of different schemes or mechanisms in the US for making payments online and the related legal issues that may be encountered by customers, traders and financial institutions engaged in online payments. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 21 | E-mail Marketing: CAN-SPAM Act Compliance A Note discussing the federal CAN-SPAM Act's requirements for commercial e-mails, its enforcement and best practices for compliance. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 22 | Electronic Identification Regulation: legislation tracker A practice note charting developments relating to the proposed Electronic Identification Regulation in chronological order. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 23 | Employee E-mail and Online Risk: Business Briefing A template briefing for an in house lawyer to give all nonunionized employees regarding work-related e-mail and online risk. Employers with unionized employees, who are covered by collective bargaining agreements, must consider additional factors that are outside the scope of this briefing (see Practice Note, Employee Handbooks: Best Practices: Collective Bargaining Obligations). Click here to download in Microsoft Word. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 24 | EU regulatory framework for electronic communications ... This practice note provides a summary of the regulatory framework for electronic communications in the EU. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 25 | How the internet works An introductory note explaining what the internet is and how businesses can access and use it, with links to other practice notes for detailed discussion of the issues highlighted. | Practice notes | 08-Dec-2009 |
| 26 | Information provision obligations on UK website operators A note which sets out the information that must be provided by website owners who operate a website from the UK. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 27 | Intellectual property issues relating to employees and ... This practice note considers how the UK intellectual property regime applies to employees and consultants. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 28 | Internet Brand Protection A Practice Note discussing the protection of trademark and other brand rights on the internet. The Note focuses on cybersquatting claims and remedies under ICANN's dispute resolution services and the federal Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act. The Note also addresses other online trademark issues including pop-up advertisements, keyword advertising and screenscraping. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 29 | Linking, framing and spidering Analysis of legal issues raised by linking, framing and spidering, practices developed by web businesses in order to facilitate the use or the commercial exploitation of the web. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 30 | Managing communications and documents This note considers the legal, regulatory and reputational risks arising from communications and all forms of document management, including: Monitoring and review. Storage and disposal of documents. Document retention periods. | Practice notes | 05-Apr-2012 |
| 31 | Metatags and advertising keywords Analysis of the legal issues raised by the use of metatags and advertising keywords, a practice developed by web businesses in order to exploit the commercial potential of the web. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 32 | Mobile App Development and Distribution A Practice Note discussing the issues involved in developing and distributing mobile applications (apps). In particular, this Note provides an overview of mobile apps, including the types of apps, the devices for which they are programmed and major platforms and distribution channels. It also discusses the app store framework, which is the most common channel for distributing downloadable mobile apps, and the legal issues to consider when developing mobile apps, including intellectual property, privacy and advertising. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 33 | Mobile App Privacy: The Hidden Risks A Practice Note discussing privacy considerations in the context of mobile applications (apps), including liability risks associated with mobile app information collection and practices for addressing those risks. This Note provides an overview of how mobile apps use technology to collect information about and track end users, identifying key differences between mobile apps and websites in terms of how they collect and store end-user information and end users' ability to control that collection and storage. It also discusses the legal framework governing mobile app privacy, including FTC rulemaking, guidance and enforcement actions. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 34 | Monitoring e-mail and internet use of employees This note deals with the statutory framework relevant to surveillance of employee e-mail and internet usage. Monitoring employee activity of this sort within the workplace engages the: Data Protection Act 1998 and accompanying guidance in the Information Commissioner's Employment Practices Data Protection Code. Human Rights Act 1998. Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulations 2000 (SI 2000/2699). The note also gives practical advice on implementing employee monitoring systems and policies. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 35 | Net neutrality This note explains the principle of net neutrality and what regulation exists and is likely to be introduced to preserve the neutrality of the internet in the EU and the UK. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 36 | Online Advertising and Marketing An overview of online advertising regulation in the US, focusing on the key legal issues to consider when planning an online advertising campaign. This Note is currently being updated to reflect the release of the FTC's revised online advertising disclosure guidelines and other recent developments in online advertising and marketing law. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 37 | Personal Data Protection Reform Package: legislation tracker A practice note charting developments relating to the Personal Data Protection Reform Package in chronological order. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 38 | Privacy implications of social-networking sites A practice note on the privacy implications of social-networking sites. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 39 | Social Media Risks and Rewards A Practice Note discussing the legal risks associated with the use of social media. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 40 | Social Media: A Quick Guide A brief description of social media categories and a list of principal social media websites and services. Descriptions of social media categories include blogs, social and business networking sites, digital media sharing sites, wikis, virtual worlds and MMORPGs. The descriptive list includes over 25 examples of principal social media websites and services. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 41 | The risks and rewards of using social media A guide to the steps companies can take to minimise the risks associated with the revolution in the use of social media. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 42 | The use of consent in data protection A practice note outlining issues to be considered when trying to determine the meaning of consent for the purpose of the EU and UK data protection frameworks. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 43 | Towards an integrated European market for cards, internet ... A practice note charting developments relating to the European Commission's Green Paper, Towards an integrated European market for cards, internet and mobile payments in chronological order. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 44 | Trademark Litigation: Online Consumer Surveys A Practice Note discussing the use of online consumer surveys in trademark disputes. It addresses important considerations for selecting, designing and conducting trademark surveys generally and online surveys in particular, including admissibility, respondent selection, universe requirements, stimuli requirements, validation, cost and time considerations. The Note also reviews recent court decisions assessing online surveys. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 45 | Trading disclosures This note covers the information that must be displayed or given by a UK company under the Companies Act 2006 (2006 Act) and the Insolvency Act 1986 (as amended) (1986 Act): At specified locations. In documents and communications. At the request of those they deal with in the course of business. It includes details of what an individual or partnership should disclose and the additional disclosures required of a charitable company. This note does not cover information that must be supplied to the Registrar of Companies. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 46 | Website contracts An overview of the key legal and commercial issues, and the practical drafting issues, which arise in relation to the contracts which need to be put in place when setting up and operating a website. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 47 | Website Hacking, Viruses and Attacks A review of the legal issues raised in the US by various forms of "attack" that may be made against websites or internet users generally, focusing on hacking, viruses and unsolicited e-mails (or spamming). | Practice notes | Maintained |