matthewheath

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by matthewheath 6y ago
The Security Services and other national security apparatus have "DSMA notices" for the media, yes, but they're not legally binding. They would have to seek an injunction to legally prevent anything being published. There are
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by matthewheath 6y ago
I believe this is intentional.
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by matthewheath 6y ago
> all countries have a veto on such matters I believe In most cases, a veto can't happen unless the following conditions are met: 1) Less than 55% of total Member States (less than 15) voting AND 2) The voting Member States represen
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by matthewheath 6y ago
It was hardly overreach by the Commission. They are entitled to ensure companies pay their fair share of tax, and that Member States don't undercut each other.
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by matthewheath 6y ago
> the UK has actually started implementing our law/values extraterritorially We also did this with the Bribery Act 2013.
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by matthewheath 6y ago
I can't speak for the US but in the United Kingdom, case law can almost certainly invent law. Historically, that was how the law formed. Most law now derives from statute (in which circumstances, case law merely adjusts the scope of ap
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by matthewheath 6y ago
The emotional rejection experienced by the moderated user might be less when they associate that experience with an automated tool/bot rejecting their posting versus a human. It's possible that a moderated user might feel less dej
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by matthewheath 6y ago
UK FOI isn't constrained by that. The responding party use specific exemptions if something doesn't exist, so you can effectively do fishing expeditions as long as the request isn't excessively burdensome, etc.
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by matthewheath 6y ago
It didn’t make them unlawful (they were already unlawful), the European Data Protection Board just updated its guidance to make that clear. Specifically, they clarified that scrolling, etc. or navigating cookie consent walls prior to access
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by matthewheath 6y ago
It may potentially be illegal, given that "deliberate interference" is a criminal offence contrary to section 68 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006. [0] ~~~ (1) A person commits an offence if he uses apparatus for the purpose of
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by matthewheath 6y ago
> the 5G USB "solution" was mentioned by "Non-Councillor Advisory Committee Member" (I have no idea what that means) I understand that the Council set up a 5G Advisory Committee, and the person mentioning these anti-
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by matthewheath 6y ago
> something about the time for experts is over, something like that, can anyone recall? Michael Gove said, during the Brexit referendum, that "people in this country have had enough of experts".[1] -- [1] https://www
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by matthewheath 6y ago
UK libel laws aren't that bad for situations like this — if he were sued in the UK, he could rely on the defence of honest opinion and I imagine he would prevail.
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by matthewheath 6y ago
Yes. For example, HMRC requires that you keep various business records for 6 years (or longer, circumstance-specific) after the end of the company's financial year. Generally, the rule is "Delete the data unless there's a l
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by matthewheath 6y ago
Yes, we have the concept of public domain here in the UK. Works typically enter the public domain 70 years after the death of the creator, however there are various exceptions.
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by matthewheath 6y ago
To my knowledge, England has never had "professional juries", no. What would those be? People who had a career serving on a jury? We do, however, have the ability to dispense with a jury entirely and have a single judge decide on
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by matthewheath 6y ago
Yes, the default position requires a unanimous verdict from the jury — all 12 of them, but the court may accept a majority verdict no less than 2 hours and 10 minutes after the jury retires. The unanimous requirement was changed by the Crim
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by matthewheath 7y ago
Likely to be Grant Shapps > In 2012, Google blacklisted 19 of the Shapps's business websites for violating rules on copyright infringement related to the web scraping-based TrafficPayMaster software sold by them https://e
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by matthewheath 7y ago
I usually scroll down the main document and use the Tab key to tab between each field to enter data - that way, I don't need to keep scrolling back up and down.
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by matthewheath 7y ago
Yes, we have this too — well, the order pickup from the mobile app. I assume you have to park up to get the order, but I've never tried it myself.
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by matthewheath 7y ago
Under the UK-US extradition treaty of 2003, no prima facie (at first appearance) evidence is required, only reasonable suspicion. This means that the US is not required to provide any evidence to be examined by the court, merely assert re
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by matthewheath 7y ago
Are you able to cite your source for this? The UK transposed GDPR into its domestic legislation so this shouldn't be possible at the moment.
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by matthewheath 7y ago
For now, yes. In the future, that may not be the case if the UK decides to diverge from the GDPR.
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by matthewheath 7y ago
Yes.
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by matthewheath 7y ago
These would be things like: - Housing benefit - Employment and Support Allowance - Pension credit Essentially, social security benefits which you are entitled to based on your income for the most part. If you earn below a certain threshold,
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by matthewheath 7y ago
I read this as the client being bewildered, not Getty.
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by matthewheath 7y ago
> Now that the UK is in the process of transition, this isn't possible unless a court order is presented Under the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 all existing EU law has been incorporated into our domestic legislatio
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by matthewheath 7y ago
> If they go bust with the former you’re out of money This isn't strictly true. By law, electronic money institutions are required to safeguard customer funds. In the event of an insolvency, customer fund claims would be paid out in
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by matthewheath 7y ago
> It's also not clear under what law their customer funds are not treated as company assets, in which case if they're bankrupt, the creditors get first dibs. Insolvency events are covered by section 24 of Part 3 of the Electron
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by matthewheath 7y ago
If TransferWise were to fail, you would not be entitled to compensation (up to £85,000) from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) — this is a scheme that banks and building societies authorised by the Prudential Regulation Auth

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