Published in Afik News 172 18.02.2015
Related articles
Only in exceptional cases will a cease a desist of harassment order be issued in favor of a corporation
High-Tech and Technology
Global Courier Express – GCX, is a company engaged in international shipping and imports packages that are purchased from various suppliers (such as Amazon) and lost a customer package. The customer, who was unable to contact the company, which does not have an address or regular contact methods, except for the option to contact the […]
Facebook’s terms and conditions are a binding contract with the user which breach enables blocking a user’s profile
High-Tech and Technology
Facebook blocked the user profile of Professor Amir Hetsroni who posed racist content which, although in the spirit of ordinary publications of the user, he contended to be of a satirical nature. The Court held that Facebook was entitled by virtue of the agreement between the parties to block the user’s account. Facebook’s terms of […]
A customer of advertising services who does not ensure that the contractor does not send spam messages will be personally liable for sending the spam
High-Tech and Technology
National lottery companies have entered into an agreement with a contractor to provide advertising services, which contractor sent spam messages. A woman who received such a message demanded compensation from both the contractor and the companies ordering the service. The Supreme Court held that a class action can be filed against the clients of the […]
False representations in the ‘Know Your Customer’ form justifies blocking a bank account
Commercial, Banking and Financial
A bank abruptly blocked a customer’s bank account once it was discovered that the account was used for trading in virtual currencies (such as Bitcoin( without a proper license and in contradiction to the statement made by the customer when opening the account and filling out the “Know Your Customer” form. The Court held that […]