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Privacy policy for a non profit emailing list?
I am have recently created a website, where users can supply their email to receive mock programming briefs, once a day, for 32 days.
I would like to know what I need to include within a privacy ...
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Why aren't foreign VPN companies forced to keep logs?
This link explains the inconsistency with what VPN services consider 'logging'. Certainly, there is no way for us to verify their claims without an extremely rigorous independent audit. But even that ...
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Mailing bot illegal? [Social Experiment]
Hope I am in the right place for this type of question. I am a developer that would like to start up a little project that is kind of a social experiment.
The idea is that I setup a mailing bot with ...
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Do I require a UK casino operating licence to run a promotional tournament on my website?
I have for several years operated a website on which enthusiasts can play a niche boardgame against one another. The boardgame in question has recently been the subject of a Kickstarter campaign for a ...
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Hosting free comics on my website
I have paperback comics which I legally bought. I was wondering, if I scanned them into PDFs and uploaded them on my website for people to VIEW for free, not DOWNLOAD, would it be illegal? I'm in the ...
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Amazon account security breach
I have received an email from Amazon reporting a security breach on my account (which I do not believe it is genuine and it happens often because of my dynamic IP).
I have requested further details (...
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Do I have to take someone's picture off the internet if they ask me to?
About 2 years ago I was working on an online game. I asked a friend if I could base it on him (use his picture for the character) and he said yes. Back to current, he is asking me to take the game ...
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Accessing Internet Connected Devices with Default Credentials
In a world of ever increasing numbers of internet connected devices people are having more and more of their appliances exposed to the outside world: cameras, fridges, thermostats etc.
Many of these ...
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Is it legal to send web requests on behalf of an app user in the UK?
I wish to create an app which will order taxis from all available cab companies in the area and will cancel the other orders when at least one of the taxis is en route.
At the moment I am doing this ...
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Can a website only publish good reviews?
My mate was buying a car from AutoTrader UK and heavily relying on reviews in their website. When I mentioned it to a relative of mine who owns a car supermarket he said that to post a review in ...
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What constitutes publishing offensive material?
Recently an article was published in my local newspaper (Bedford, UK) saying a man had been charged with publishing offensive material. A quick Google search suggested that the definition for this is "...
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What effect does Brexit have on Britons' Right to be Forgotten?
As I understand it, the Right to be Forgotten was promulgated solely as an EU regulation1.
Assuming that the UK follows through and leaves the EU, would search engines no longer have to remove ...
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Is it illegal to aggregate and publish publically available personal information?
Is it against the law to aggregate and publish legally gathered, publically available information such as:
Social media usernames
Real names
Date of Birth
City/Country
Screenshots of posts/comments
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Is Showbox legal to use in the UK?
The Android app "Showbox" allows users to stream the latest movies (still in the cinema) to their device for watching (but not keeping). Is this app legal to use in the UK?
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After researching ...
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Is our website responsible for users' offline actions?
On our website clients find models for their photo shootings, castings, promotional events, etc.
A client transfers an escrow payment to us and when a model finishes the job we sent the money to the ...
