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RSS rip'Snooping Bill' slammed by silicon.com viewers
News The Home Office's Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill has received a damning vote of no confidence from members of the UK IT and business community.silicon.com conducted a survey to gauge user opinion after the... [10 Apr 2000]
Government accused of 'hopelessly underestimating' RIP costs
News Industry figures have told Silicon.com that the government is grossly underestimating the cost of implementing the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill. Even though the Home Office admitted this... [30 Mar 2000]
Silicon.com Survey: the RIP Bill and you
News The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill has passed through the House of Commons twice, is currently in committee stage and is a matter of months away from becoming law. Yet few people seem to know about it,... [29 Mar 2000]
Consumer watchdog wages online war on UK car dealers
News The Consumers' Association (CA) has launched an online car sales arm as part of its campaign against "Rip Off Britain". The Web site - www.carbusters.com - offers price cuts of up to £3,000 per car, if the consumer is... [29 Mar 2000]
RIP: a framework for 21st century law enforcement - or an unnecessary burden on British business?
Comment The RIP Bill is currently wending its way through the UK parliament's labyrinthine processes - bad news if you think laws take too long to draw up, good news if you think something needs changing. Online banks are... [29 Mar 2000]
Home Office puts IT at heart of crime prevention
News A Home Office spokeswoman admitted the centre would gain extra relevance with the passage of the controversial Regulatory Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill - currently at committee stage - which gives the police powers to... [27 Mar 2000]
Behind the Headlines: RIP Bill under fire
News The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill was the subject of intense dispute in this week's edition of Behind the Headlines. Cockcroft said: "I think there is a bigger issue with the RIP Bill,... [27 Mar 2000]
Internet 'Snooping Bill' fails human rights audit
News The government's Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill has failed to pass a human rights audit undertaken by leading human rights lawyers. The news intensifies debate about the RIP Bill,... [22 Mar 2000]
Home Office may cover cost of RIP Bill
News The Home Office is considering a U-turn over covering the costs of industry compliance with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill. Charles Clarke, Home Office minister, revealed to Silicon.com last week that the HO is considering... [19 Mar 2000]
Minister dismisses civil rights objections to RIP Bill
News Home Office minister Charles Clarke has dismissed claims that the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill is an infringement of human rights. The RIP Bill has just entered a four-week period of... [16 Mar 2000]
Couriers caught in crossfire over government Bill
News Ovum analyst, Duncan Chapple, has uncovered a fundamental flaw in the UK government's controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill. The RIP Bill contains legislation pulled from the... [12 Mar 2000]
Why the 'Wire-tap Bill' musn't rest in peace
Comment It's about time the Interception of Communications Act was updated, but there remain severe doubts whether the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill - which received its second reading in the House of Commons... [07 Mar 2000]
'Snooping Bill' slammed over privacy issues
News The UK government's controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill has been attacked by leading industry lobbyists for threatening individuals' privacy rights. The Bill - which gets its second reading in... [05 Mar 2000]
Home Office RIP Bill under fire from critics
News The UK Home Office has relegated criticism of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Bill, that innocent people could be sent to jail, into the realms of hysteria. RIP, published today, combines... [10 Feb 2000]
Pharmaceuticals merger presents major IT problems
News He said: "Lotus has a policy of co-exist and consolidate rather than rip and replace. Glaxo Wellcome's £114bn merger with SmithKline Beecham (SKB) has left a question mark hanging over the companies' information systems... [17 Jan 2000]
