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What does Pixel mean?
In legal practice, a pixel is the smallest addressable picture element in a digital image or video frame, from which resolution is measured. Pixel count and density affect image clarity, identifiability and reliability of CCTV, body‑worn video and other digital evidence, and inform decisions on disclosure, admissibility, expert analysis, and whether pixelation (blurring by reducing resolution) sufficiently anonymises individuals. Compression and low pixel density may introduce artefacts relevant to weight and challenge.
“Pixel” is a descriptive technical term rather than a statutory definition, but it appears across media, IP and criminal/civil procedure contexts. Specifications in contracts (for example, broadcast or streaming deliverables) often stipulate pixel dimensions and bit depth.
In data protection and e‑privacy, a “tracking pixel” (also called a web beacon) is a tiny image or code used to record user behaviour on websites, apps or emails. Use of tracking pixels generally requires prior consent under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and the Irish ePrivacy Regulations, alongside UK GDPR/EU GDPR transparency, lawful basis and accountability obligations (including DPIAs and controller/processor allocation). These usages and obligations are broadly consistent across England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland.
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In a non-precedential ruling authored by US Circuit Judge Timothy Dyk, a three-judge bench dismissed an appeal by Longitude Licensing Ltd challenging a decision last year from US District Judge Vince Chhabria that struck down claims in four of its patents, originally granted to researchers at Epson. The Ireland-registered company sued Google a year ago, targeting its Pixel smartphones, relying on patents it had acquired covering 'digital image technologies that Epson developed'. Longitude forms part of the patent monetisation outfit IPValue Management Group, headquartered in Santa Clara...
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US: iStockPhoto moves to compel arbitration or Alberta forum in US$250m VPPA class action over Meta Pixel tracking
In a 28 June 2024 filing seeking to compel arbitration, the image platform informed the court that lead plaintiff, Larion Krayzman, agreed to user terms through his subscription, which encompass a privacy policy and a content licence. According to the company, that licence obliges him to resolve any disputes arising under the agreement through arbitration. Krayzman alleges iStockPhoto breached the federal Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) by deploying Facebook’s Meta Pixel to target iStock users with adverts on the platform. As iStockPhoto summarised, the plaintiff argues this routine, widely used tactic violates the VPPA by purportedly transmitting his and the putative classes’ personally identifiable information to Facebook...
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UK CMA Adobe/Figma merger control: transaction abandoned; provisional SLC in all-in-one product design and vector/raster editing; phase 2 investigation cancelled 19 December 2023 (archived)
CASE HUB ARCHIVED This archived case hub captures the position as at the date the investigation was cancelled on 19 December 2023; it is now no longer being maintained or updated further at all. See further, timeline. Case facts Outline UK merger inquiry into the anticipated acquisition of Figma, Inc by Adobe Inc. The deal presents horizontal overlaps in relation to the provision of screen design software. Latest developments On 19 December 2023, the CMA formally cancelled its phase 2 probe after both parties chose to abandon entirely the proposed transaction. Parties Adobe Inc (Adobe): Adobe is a US business headquartered in San Jose. It is a major provider of creative design software. Such software is used to produce media assets including photos, illustrations, video, and animations. Various categories of creative design software include vector editing for logos, icons, etc; raster editing for photographs and other pixel-based image work; video editing involving assembly of video assets; and motion design for...
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