The Information Commissioner’s Office has today published new guidance to help organisations comply with the Data Protection Act when providing information about their employees under TUPE, the law that protects staff when a business is transferred.

UPDATED: Google's system of keyword advertising faces a challenge in Europe's highest court that could change the way the system operates across the EU's 27 member states.

Google has been urged to add a link from its search engine homepage to its privacy policy. An open letter sent today by US consumer and privacy groups echoes the call of an influential group of privacy law experts in Europe. Google has rejected the calls

Consumers will have new rights when buying travel insurance along with a holiday from the beginning of next year, but firms must prepare for the new regime now, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned.

Two British newspaper publishers have been fined in French courts because they violated French privacy laws.

Nearly half of UK companies have fired workers in the past year because of abuses of email. Over half of UK firms regularly audit employees' email to make sure they are complying with company rules, a survey has found.

German prosecutors have begun an investigation into allegations of data misuse by telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom.

Dell has been criticised by the advertising watchdog for not making it clear enough that a laptop would incur a £60 delivery charge

The group of Belgian newspapers which is suing Google over its Google News service claims that Google's alleged infringements have cost its members up to €49 million.

A Seattle man is free to sell second-hand software on eBay, a US court has said. It found that the maker of the software, Autodesk, could not stop the resale by claiming that its software is licensed rather than sold.

One of the patents at the heart of a landmark UK ruling on patentable subject matter has been revoked

Viacom's copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube threatens the way that hundreds of millions of people use the internet, YouTube owner Google has said in its court defence.

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has criticised proposals to build one Government-owned database to hold a log of phone calls, email and internet use in the UK. The ICO has said that the move would be unjustified.

Microsoft has announced a major concession on the question of software interoperability, but the European Commission has said that it will take time to decide if the move will affect its competition probe into the company.

A US woman has been indicted on charges of perpetrating an online hoax because she violated MySpace's terms and conditions. Prosecutors reason that a violation of contract terms can lead to criminal convictions.

Facebook has suspended the use of a Google service which allowed people to export their Facebook friends list to other websites, claiming that the Google service violates users' privacy.

A social networking site has deleted most of its users over the age of 36 because it claims older users pose a danger of sex offending.

Businesses will be able to display their employers' liability insurance certificates on their intranets under proposals confirmed by the UK Government this month.

The Government has agreed a deal with unions and business that will give agency workers equal treatment, but one employment law expert has warned that the deal could damage the very workers it was designed to protect.