Mark Gavin

11 May 2010

Mark Gavin
Stephanie Melbourne

Authors
Mark Gavin
Stephanie Melbourne
Categories
Technology
Privacy

Social Networking and Third Party Use of Personal Information

Social networking technology is increasingly becoming part of New Zealanders’ lives, fuelling concerns about the implications such technology is having on user privacy on the internet.  Social networking applications that have been developed for mobile phones have added to this list of concerns. As social networking is being integrated across a number of platforms, it is becoming more difficult for users to have complete control over their personal information despite their best efforts via privacy settings.

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28 Apr 2010

Mark Gavin
Kirk Boladeras

Authors
Mark Gavin
Kirk Boladeras
Categories
Consumer Law

Terms & Conditions – The Importance of Full Disclosure in Promotions

A recent Auckland District Court decision, Commerce Commission v TMG Asia Pacific Pty Ltd, has highlighted the need for adequate disclosure of material Terms and Conditions in advertising.

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9 Dec 2009

Mark Gavin

Authors
Mark Gavin
Categories
Intellectual Property

New non-Latin alphabet scripts in the international domain

As a predominantly English speaking country, the Latin alphabet is an all-encompassing aspect of communication. Its use as the sole internet domain script has most likely never seemed problematic. But how does this sit with more than half of the world’s internet users who live by non-Latin alphabet scripts?

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19 Nov 2009

Kirk Boladeras
Mark Gavin

Authors
Kirk Boladeras
Mark Gavin
Categories
Intellectual Property

Proposed new Google Books Settlement Agreement has implications for New Zealand

Readers may recall that at the time of our 22 September article, concerns were being raised over the proposed Google Books settlement agreement.  On 13 November 2009 an amended settlement agreement which has implications for New Zealand authors was filed with the United States District Court for consideration.

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9 Oct 2009

Mark Gavin
Kate Mullarkey

Authors
Mark Gavin
Kate Mullarkey
Categories
Intellectual Property
Litigation

High Court decision examines interaction of PPSA and the Copyright Act 1994

In a recent High Court decision Viacom Global (Netherlands) B.V v Scene 1 Entertainment Limited (In Receivership) & Anor the High Court has been required to decide on the priority between the Copyright Act 1994 and the Personal Properties Securities Act 1999.

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