data protection
RSS data protectionDTI throws weight behind SME technology audit
News The certification's coverage includes software licensing, data protection and security, and IT misuse. The UK Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) yesterday announced support for an IT legality audit... [14 Jan 1999]
CompuServe accused of privacy breach
News Mike Usher of Indicci Salus consultancy said in the UK, the Data Protection Act is clear about where responsibility lies. Breaches of personal privacy would come down to who originates the... [07 Jan 1999]
Inland Revenue goes high-tech
News According to Microsoft's I-form project manager, Phil Stradling, even the Data Protection Registrar is now satisfied the system is secure. Inland Revenue chairman, Nick Montagu, has celebrated the 200th... [03 Dec 1998]
Europe and the US move towards data agreement
News EC and US government officials took a major step forward yesterday in their efforts to find common ground on data protection. Jon Mogg, EC director for the single market and David Aaron, under-secretary... [02 Dec 1998]
US and EU head for ecommerce stand-off
News Under the European Data Protection Directive, which comes into effect next spring, Companies based in Europe are only allowed to send personal data to countries that have... [01 Dec 1998]
UK civil liberties group challenges ISPs on consumer rights
News According to the group this code contains loopholes that oblige ISPs to release personal data in certain legal circumstances - which goes against data protection laws imposed in the... [30 Nov 1998]
Magaziner slams EU Net privacy laws
News The US wants to get around the EU's data protection laws by establishing self-regulation as the global standard for privacy on the Internet. Ira Magaziner, Clinton's senior policy adviser, told a... [19 Nov 1998]
Business told 'don't panic' over Data Protection Act
News The UK data protection registrar, Elizabeth France, has begged companies to stop panicking about Europe's new data protection laws. The 1998 Data... [18 Nov 1998]
UK companies face hard time from data protection law
News UK companies stand to suffer more than the rest of Europe if last Thursday's 1998 Data Protection Act (DPA) damages trade between Europe and the US, according to a leading IT security consultant. Usher... [26 Oct 1998]
Data protection directive goes live
News The 1998 Data Protection Act will come into effect at midnight tonight, when an EU directive reaches its deadline. The directive gives individuals greater access to their personal data,... [23 Oct 1998]
UK headmaster in trouble over data protection
News The headmaster of a UK primary school in Portsmouth who planned to broadcast video images of the school playground over the Web for security purposes, is fast becoming a test case for the forthcoming data... [16 Oct 1998]
EC and US officials locked in data protection talks
News Officials from the EC met the US Department of Commerce yesterday to thrash out worldwide implementation of the EU data protection directive, which comes into effect on 24 October. The directive has... [16 Oct 1998]
Mixed signals emerge from ecommerce summit
News Reports that EU and US officials fell out over guidelines for data protection at last week'a OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) ecommerce summit have been slammed by the... [13 Oct 1998]
Government pushes UK as ecommerce leader
News The document contains analysis of ecommerce hurdles that need to be addressed, such as consumer protection, data protection and the handling of objectionable material. UK minister... [07 Oct 1998]
Web portals team up to ward off privacy laws
News Nine of the World's largest Web sites have teamed up in a Privacy Partnership, to prove that the US does not need stronger data protection laws. The three week campaign, which starts on Monday, is timed... [07 Oct 1998]
