OUT-LAW Radio

Different parts of the Middle East have different data protection regimes. Pinsent Masons experts talk through the various emerging data protection laws.

Data protection experts look to France for clues about how new EU rules giving data protection authorities the power to audit processes and premises might work.

New data protection laws will require many more data protection officers, but there are strict rules about who can and who can't do the job.

We put more and more information about ourselves online, and in Europe remain confident that strong data protection laws apply. But whose law, exactly, does control the use of information about us? And how is that question decided?

We look at the European Commission's competition law investigation into Google and its biggest secret – its search algorithms.

We analyse the UK Government's assertion that market competition is enough to head off any problems caused by a lack of net neutrality laws.

We analyse Twitter's decision to start protecting its trade marked terms more aggressively.

We talk to Sherron Watkins, the woman credited with bringing Enron fraudsters to account, about the international reach of a new US law which guarantees payouts to whistleblowers.

We investigate the Government blacklist of items that cannot leave the country without its permission. Seemingly innocuous items are on the list, and it covers emailed plans as well as actual items.

We talk to the man behind a system designed to make sure that hoteliers know when a potential guest has caused upset elsewhere. Is it in line with data protection law?

A data security company's research shows that what IT managers think are the best ways to stop data breaches are actually not the most effective techniques at all.

A company is causing a storm of controversy by acquiring the right to sue bloggers who repost newspaper articles online. Critics cry foul while targets of the suits look for the safety of settlements.

A dispute over footballing photo rights reveals what few fans probably knew: if they take a snap at their local football ground, the club probably owns the copyright.

The fashion industry is riddled with fakery, from internet-peddled counterfeits to artful 'homages' from designer to designer. So should the rag trade change its approach to IP?

Your online service might collect all sorts of user data – but what if your users are children? How to stay on the right side of data protection laws when your customers are kids.

One expert tells us how the long-awaited Supreme Court Bilski ruling will make life harder – and more expensive – for businesses.

We talk to one of the world's leading privacy law academics about what Google really means when it says 'privacy is important to us'. And he tells us what one measure would solve all our privacy woes.

On the cusp of concluding a multi-million pound deal an email is sent but not read. Did it conclude the deal? The High Court decides.

We talk to an academic about the existing clause of US copyright law that could strip companies of their rights if they use copyright to bully critics.

We talk to the man behind a site that allows you to anonymously review your professional peers and ask: HR godsend or libel timebomb?

We talk to a corruption expert about how the UK's new Bribery Act could govern companies all over the world, and hear from the victorious Simon Singh on today's libel victory.

We talk to a crusading science journalist who has spent two years navigating libel laws that he says stifle scientific and academic debate and must be changed.

We dive into the rich, deep history of piracy and find that lawmakers have always been reacting, inventing the concept of intellectual property just to stymie the energetic innovations of centuries of cultural pirates.

We talk to the man behind a campaign to include one little number on eye prescriptions that could help online glasses retail to take off, and the regulator that refuses to order the inclusion.

Long-used mobile phone security was hacked in December, and a hack for 3G protection was not far behind. But how do you actually go about grabbing the signals from the sky? An expert talks us through the process and the danger for businesses.

A soon-to-be introduced new bribery law could put companies on the hook for the actions of rogue employees. We ask: what can they do to avoid prosecution?

We look at a near-500 page High Court ruling that the IT services industry has been waiting for for six years and ask: do IT suppliers need to change the way they sell?

We talk to one security expert who says that the admirable plan to permit the use of other alphabets in the making of domain names could cause security headaches.

We talk to one member of the House of Lords who is trying to rewrite parts of the Government's proposed Digital Economy law to make it more closely reflect the realities of the digital age.

Police managed to disconnect over 1,000 websites without going near a judge for a court order. How? Just by asking Nominet. Is this the future of anti-counterfeit action?

A Norwegian consumer protection group that successfully took on Apple has identified its next target: Facebook.

One academic has said that the disconnection of open Wi-Fi network operators for other people's actions under the Government's anti-filesharing plan could break EU law.

We look at new research which claims that people whose information is contained in supposedly anonymised databases can in fact be commonly identified.

We look at the UK's pioneering scheme to cut carbon emissions and ask: will it force power-hungry data centres to flee abroad?

We look into a review of Scottish litigation that recommends the introduction of the controversial class action process that some people could see as either the saviour of consumers or a gravy train for greedy lawyers.

We find out why the P3P system which allowed computers and websites to automatically negotiate the use of private information failed and look at what might replace it.

We examine the term at the heart of many copyright licences and find that nobody – not lawyers, users of content, or creators of it – is exactly sure what it means.

Inventor of the wind-up radio Trevor Baylis has called for patent infringement to be criminalised. He tells OUT-LAW Radio why.

We talk to a lobbyist who is petitioning the UK's Prime Minister to raise the profile of possibly the least talked about intellectual property right: design rights.

Feargal Sharkey, former Undertone turned industry bigwig, discusses a recent report on the real downloading habits of the UK's youth and just how many concessions the industry should make to downloaders.

We find a company that is coping with a recessionary funding drought by turning investment on its head. Instead of asking few people for lots of money, Trampoline Systems is asking many for a little.

We talk to Britain's Conservative Party about plans to use distributed storage to help get the most out of the massive amounts of personal data held by Government.

We look at new technology that is designed to help content producers track use of their material and ask: does it take enough notice of copyright law's fair dealing exemptions?

We look at research that shows that companies manage their software badly, leading to legal troubles and extra costs.

We look into the legal pitfalls of using images, and explain why users need to worry about more than just copyright law

We look at the success of the TV formats industry - all the more amazing because the ideas at its heart enjoy little legal protection

We delve into the world of clippings services as a newspaper body tries to get media monitoring agencies and clients to pay up for forwarding web links

We examine the legal standing of ISP customers faced with restrictions on what they can watch online. Can ISPs charge website operators under the threat of throttling access? We find out.

We look at the problems with the latest in a long line of attempts to create a pan-EU litigation system, and talk to an Australian behind a chart of the most popular trade marked tattoos

We find out if DRM anti-copying technology can keep up with the complexities of copyright law