The law came into being before Gmail, iPhones, and Facebook, and judges have struggled at times in figuring out how to apply rules set in 1986 to rapidly evolving technology.
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Whether I get PIPs depends on how they apply those rules to my situation.
Besides all this, even full members of Schengen do not always apply the rules.
So you have to apply these rules to your sites when Europeans visit them, wherever your server is.
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Worse, say MPs, is his decision to apply these rules retrospectively.
But one small reform could strike a meaningful blow for reason and cost-effectiveness: Apply the rules governing the advertising of aspirin to the advertising of oregano tablets.
Some MPs have protested after receiving his letters telling them how much they should pay back, with several arguing that it was unfair and legally questionable to apply new rules retrospectively.
The European Union is pressuring Russia to apply EU rules to the European operations of gas giant Gazprom, just as Russia is struggling to maintain its dominance of Europe's gas market.
Draft proposals in recent months would apply the rules to a host of technologies, including Wi-Fi devices, set-top boxes, laptops, printers, telephone handsets and the switches and routers that power corporate networks.
"The club has written to UEFA due to a series of incidents on the pitch in the understanding that objectively speaking it was evident that the referee did not apply the rules of the game, " Barca spokesman Toni Freixa told a news conference Thursday.
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The same rules apply for kidnapped children who would otherwise be considered a qualifying relative.
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But a Conservative MP said the same rules apply to tenants renting from private sector landlords.
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This can be a little complicated, especially where copyrights and independent contractor rules apply.
Different rules apply for federal estate and gift tax purposes, as well as state law.
The new rules apply only to banks, and don't include credit unions and building societies.
The rules apply to cars bought after Sept. 8, 2010, and before Jan. 1, 2012.
Any time you have an African-American in the criminal justice system, the same rules apply.
Also, people argue that no such checks and rules apply when people conceive naturally.
Except that the rules apply to any website accessible from inside the EU: all websites therefore.
The rules apply to new loans made by banks, mortgage brokers and other lenders.
The rules apply to actors, musicians, performers, professional athletes and their associated support personnel.
If you are not a journalist, but, say, an accountant, the same rules apply.
The new rules apply equally to 401 (k)s, 403(b)s, thrift saving plans and 457 (b) plans.
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Although the IRS is still tinkering, the rules apply retroactively to Jan. 1.
For just about everyone else, average after-tax incomes would be almost exactly the same whichever rules apply.
Other rules apply to children and what should and should not be reported to child welfare agents.
Whether the brand is Ella Fitzgerald or Disney, Elvis Presley or Apple, the same branding rules apply.
But as I noted at the time, the same old rules apply even in a changing economy.
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If you are inheriting an IRA from a person other than your spouse, then different rules apply.
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