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RSS house of lordsWill Nasa hacker be granted European court appeal?
News Last month McKinnon lost his battle in the House of Lords against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking various military systems. After the... [12 Aug 2008]
Gov't battles EU to use passenger data
News It made the warning in its response to the House of Lords EU committee report on the Passenger Name Record Framework Decision. The House of... [08 Aug 2008]
London: Card fraud hotspot
News He said: "Police have focused on these problems in these areas and it has worked, it backs up what the House of Lords science and technology committee said about the need for more... [24 Jul 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News Banks are failing to pass on information about online fraud to police, according to a House of Lords committee. The Lords science and technology committee has called for... [08 Jul 2008]
Need for "radical change" in gov't data handling
News Wills told the House of Lords Constitution Committee on Wednesday that government should treat data transactions in the same way as financial transactions. David Lister Royal Bank... [26 Jun 2008]
'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News Security minister Lord West told the House of Lords that the UK continues to be targeted by a "large number of attacks" and that the government is "taking action" to... [16 Jun 2008]
Nasa hacker fights extradition
News Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into Nasa systems, is due to fight his extradition to the US in the House of Lords on Monday. Hearing his appeal will be the Law... [13 Jun 2008]
E-crime unit on track, says police chief
News It comes after Home Office minister Vernon Coaker told a House of Lords science and technology committee that the National Fraud Reporting Centre (NFRC) could take the lead on... [13 Jun 2008]
House of Lords embraces YouTube
News The House of Lords has launched on Parliament's YouTube channel with videos explaining the role of the house and how young people can get involved in... [13 Jun 2008]
Qwerty vs touch, WFH, iPhone 2.0, Segway madness
News And a story that suggests the silly season has arrived early, after peers in the House of Lords called for a ban on Segways being used on roads and pavements to be lifted - and... [30 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.05.08
Round-Up If the thought of ermine-clad Lords gliding gracefully up and down the hallowed corridors of the Palace of Westminster on Segways is your idea of a... [23 May 2008]
Calls to lift UK Segway ban
News Peers in the House of Lords have called on the government to lift the ban on the use of Segways on public roads and pavements in the UK. But peers in the... [20 May 2008]
Outlawed: Reckless loss of data
News Liberal Democrat Lady Miller won support of the House of Lords for the proposed amendment to make reckless data loss a criminal offence, but this was changed to a civil... [12 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up And to think, only this week the House of Lords supported a hasty amendment to the criminal justice and immigration bill which would make it a criminal offence to carelessly release or... [02 May 2008]
600 HMRC workers caught snooping
News The House of Lords recently backed a motion to make the reckless loss or distribution of data a criminal offence. The HMRC has discussed 11 data security incidents... [01 May 2008]
