The Israel Antitrust Authority (IAA) has cleared the way for a group of prominent video content publishers and distributors to join forces in fighting online piracy. IAA issued a decision according to which such companies can establish a joint venture to handle the campaign against Internet piracy and enforce their intellectual property rights. Without IAA's permit, their joint operation might ...

In a 91 pages opinion, the National Labor Court laid down a clear set of rules on employers right to monitor their employees email messages. The rules impose severe restrictions on that right and employers should consider reforming their workplace policies accordingly.

The issue that was brought before the court was whether an employer may access employees email messages and ...

The EU Commision published the much-anticipated announcement on the adequacy of data protection in Israel. Published on January 31st, the decision adopted by the commission determines that Israel provides and adequate level of protection for personal data transferred from the EU, however only in relation to automated international data transfers and to automated processing of data in Israel.

The decision ...