law confidentiality
UK courts get Wi-Fi hotspots
News Janet Paraskeva, CEO of the Law Society, said the facilities will be popular with solicitors but only if confidentiality and security is guaranteed for each user. Wi-Fi hotspots are to be installed in some UK courts as part of a three-year pilot... [17 Jun 2004]
5 years ago… Microsoft accused of stealing user information
News We take confidentiality very, very seriously indeed. There are privacy laws dotted all over the place and with the current situation it would be very silly of us to [openly flout the law]. 08.03.99: Microsoft has admitted there is a security flaw... [08 Mar 2004]
Security Best Practices for the California Breach Law (Senate Bill No.1386)
White Paper Safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity and availability of customer information is no longer just a best practice for organizations that have customers who live in California. It's a legal requirement. [01 Mar 2004]
Belgian National Railway Unifies IT Infrastructure
White Paper At the same time, NMBS/SNCB succeeded in guaranteeing sufficient reliability, confidentiality, and independence for its various units. Belgian National Railway (known as NMBS/SNCB) is a limited company governed by public law. [24 Feb 2004]
SCO: Buy our 'Linux licence', wherever you are
News In an advisory this month, law firm Bird and Bird said: "It would be a very considerable undertaking for a corporate licensee to respond in full to the SCO requirement to provide evidence for all of the confidentiality protections for all of its... [14 Jan 2004]
PeopleSoft and JD Edwards deal gets green light
News Attorneys general from approximately 30 states have ramped up their review of Oracle's hostile bid for PeopleSoft, signing confidentiality agreements that will enable them to share information among themselves and other federal agencies. [15 Jul 2003]
US states step up review of Oracle's takeover bid
News Confidentiality agreements are common in any state attorney general probe, and it is usually the first step taken before a formal investigation is launched, should one occur, said Howard Morse, a former senior official with the Federal Trade... [11 Jul 2003]
Stop laughing and start learning from public sector outsourcing
Comment In addition, the public sector does not have the luxury of maintaining confidentiality when contracts fail - the Public Accounts Committee, NAO, Audit Commission and various other bodies are endlessly scrutinising deals and ordering information is... [02 May 2003]
The great security self-assessment test
News Do you have a customer privacy policy that outlines how your organisation will handle and protect customer information and confidentiality? But there is much evidence to suggest that many aren't fully aware of the laws: a recent survey from... [08 Oct 2002]
Email gaffe blows cover of Global Crossing bidders
News The law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges sent an email to all 50 firms, who had signed a confidentiality agreement, including details of the bidding procedure. An email gaffe by Global Crossing's lawyers has leaked the names of 50 companies who have... [10 Apr 2002]
Europe brings the net police one cyberstep closer
News Furthermore, confidentiality clauses will prevent the service provider from disclosing the existence of a preservation order as it might impede a criminal investigation. The treaty, dismissed in the past as unworkable by many leading IT figures... [06 Jun 2001]
'Scandalous' Health Bill will trash privacy
News Dr Fleur Fisher, director of consultancy Healthcare-ethics and chair of the British Medical Association (BMA) Foundation for Aids, said: "This gives the most extraordinary powers to the secretary of state to re-write laws on patient confidentiality. [25 Jan 2001]
The Big Question: Government 'right to give police snooping powers'
News But on the other hand there are commercial considerations of confidentiality. Law abiding citizens have a right to expect that their commercial information will remain confidential," he said. The UK police should be allowed to intercept private... [10 Jul 2000]
This time in '99: ISPs raise the bar on Net privacy
News But Mitchell said ISPs must realise they have a duty to safeguard their users' privacy and confidentiality. We want to go beyond the letter of the law," he said. Nicholas Bohm, spokesman for the Foundation for Information Policy Research, said the... [05 Jun 2000]
Ask the Lawyer @ Silicon.com
Comment In order to protect yourself against this, it would be sensible to ask any company which you are seeking to approach to enter into a confidentiality agreement with you before you reveal your idea to them. [06 Mar 2000]
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