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February 18, 2024
Another Article on BiBi – Whose profile is this anyway?
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
High-Tech and Technology
Bibi is a justice fighter, a defender of civil rights, a knight of freedom of expression, but he is also a fictitious character that exists only in cyberspace and is not based on any real character, just like AA who preceded him, and CC, DD, EE and FF, who will come after it. So who […]
January 16, 2024
Startup Your Privacy, or: on Private Companies
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
High-Tech and Technology
Labor Law and Immigration
The first rule that almost every high-tech entrepreneur or beginner businessman learns, even before he is weaned of the use of diapers, is that no information should be given before signing a confidentiality agreement. The first law that learns a beginner lawyer in the field is that it usually turns out that no agreements are […]
September 28, 2023
How to Elect Between Wolfs, Sheep and Spam ?
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
High-Tech and Technology
An article on the limitations on Spam messages in Israel and the exceptions thereto. The article was written by Adi Marcus, Adv. of Afik & Co.
December 25, 2022
And what if a tweet caused billions of damage?
High-Tech and Technology
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
An article on the responsibility of social platforms for damage caused while using the platforms and freedom of expression. The article was written by attorney Adi Marcus from Afik & Co.
April 2, 2022
Top Secret! ? So what?
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
Copyright, Trademarks Media and Artists
Commercial, Banking and Financial
An article dealing with the importance of proper drafting, by an experienced lawyer, of non disclosure agreements and the protection of intellectual property. The article was written by Doron Afik, Esq. of Afik & Co., Attorneys and Notary.
February 5, 2022
Working from home – not just at Covid-19 times
Labor Law and Immigration
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
An article dealing with issues that arise from the fact that employees work from home. The article was written by Doron Afik, Esq. of Afik and Co.
November 23, 2021
On the Covid-19 and Labor Relations in the Global World
Labor Law and Immigration
Dispute Resolution
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
The Covid-19 plague stormed into our lives about two years ago, shuffling the cards and forcing the global and local labor world to quickly adapt to many immediate changes in the forms of employment and employee management. Only time will tell whether the medical storm will also lead to a flood at the Labor Courts. […]
April 17, 2021
Some thought on Europe’s private hostile takeover of the business world
Commercial, Banking and Financial
European Law and Regulations
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
An article on the GDPR, their worldwide adoption even though there are merely a European directive and the risks of a company that does not conduct a risk survey and an internal enforcement plan on the subject
January 27, 2019
You Shared or Liked on Facebook? The Court Claim Against you is En-Route
High-Tech and Technology
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Dispute Resolution
A friend shared on Facebook a picture or a post with his opinion on an election candidate. With great enthusiasm and a light hand on the keyboard, you decided to press the “like” button or even share the post. Does this make you responsible to whomever might be hurt by the post? Every day we […]
November 19, 2018
On Yair Netanyahu and Infringement of Privacy
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
Dispute Resolution
One morning you discover that the taxi driver who took you and several friends from a night out, recorded you talking about personal issues and published it on the Internet. There is no need to describe the embarrassment and aggravation caused, especially where the published personal information is not something you wished anyone to hear. […]
August 2, 2017
You too want to be a criminal? Manage a business database!
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
How would you react if a law would require a government license and supervision for possessing a computer or a cell phone? Legislation in many cases fails to adapt itself to the technological advancement and remains far behind. Thus, in Israel, an archaic legislation legislated to ensure that businesses will not sell their database, now […]
December 7, 2016
Public Hearing and Trade Secrets
Dispute Resolution
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Labor Law and Immigration
The public nature of the legal process is part of the foundations of the legal system practiced in Israel.  However, sometimes the publicity may cause damage to a party and the mere threat of public proceeding may constitute a real risk that may induce payment. In other cases, one of the parties may want the […]
June 22, 2016
Reading Private E-Mail Messages of an Employee by the Employer
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
An employee accesses his private e-mail on a computer at work and neglects to disconnect from it. After the employee leaves the workplace, the employer wants to transfer the computer to another employee and finds, by chance, the open private e-mail box with an open message from which the employer learns that the employee defrauded […]
September 17, 2014
When is it obligatory to obtain a database management license?
High-Tech and Technology
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
Many businesses have an internal database of customers and prospects. This database may contain only names and contact information, but in many cases it contains private information, from the customer’s bank account information to preferences and other “intelligence” information that infringes the privacy of the customer. Is a business holding such a repository required to […]
August 29, 2012
The right to privacy versus the right to a good name on the Internet
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
A person contacted our office following an article published about him on the Internet which entailed comments (talkbacks) published thereafter and which hurt his good name and constitute libel. That person encountered difficulties in identifying the publisher and thus actually has difficulty protecting his good name. Is there a way to protect the good name […]
November 23, 2011
The right of the public to know of a secret negotiation of a company
Mergers and Acquisitions
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
Business, Corporate and Joint Ventures
Does the risk of damage to the business due to publishing information about negotiations for its purchase not outweigh the public’s right to gossip? In a revolutionary ruling, the Supreme Court states that the public’s right to know prevails over the right to privacy of a third party to the process. The writer believes that […]
March 5, 2010
Databases and Spam
Commercial, Banking and Financial
Privacy, GDPR, Confidentiality and protection of reputation
The Privacy Protection Law, 1981 states that a person shall not infringe on the privacy of others without their consent. Chapter II of the law deals with the protection of privacy in databases and defines a database as a collection of information data (data on a person’s personality, personal status, the individual’s modesty, condition his […]