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RSS house of lordsNasa hacker looks to Lords for appeal hope
News Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into Nasa's computer systems, may be able to appeal to the House of Lords against his extradition to the US. According to a firm of solicitors acting on behalf McKinnon, the law lords will consider... [02 Aug 2007]
Keep call-log data for a year, telcos told
News The Data Retention Regulations, which transpose most of the EU Data Retention Directive into UK law, were approved by the House of Lords and signed into law last week by Jacqui Smith. The Data Retention Regulations stipulate that communications... [31 Jul 2007]
Tech to suffer in Brown's new look Whitehall?
News There is also a science and technology committee in the House of Lords, although that committee is not likely to be affected by the governmental reorganisation. Brian Iddon, MP for Bolton South East and a member of the House of Commons science and... [13 Jul 2007]
Schneier: 'We shouldn't need a security industry'
News His words echoed those of Lord Broers, chair of the House of Lords science and technology committee, who suggested every company - from operating system and application vendors to ISPs - needs to take greater responsibility for the security of end... [26 Apr 2007]
Editor's Blog: Should everybody be a security company?
Comment Schneier's words echo those of Lord Broers, the chair of the House of Lords science and technology committee. He is now an employee of BT though it seems a job at such a monolith has done nothing to dampen his enthusiasm or tendency for the... [25 Apr 2007]
Editor's Blog: Live from InfoSec
Comment Delivering the first keynote of the day, Lord Broers, chair of the House of Lords science and technology committee, singled out Microsoft's use of pop-ups to warn end-users of potential security threats. [24 Apr 2007]
Nasa hacker loses extradition fight
News But, according to his lawyers, the judges in the appeal court "definitely left the door open" for a further appeal to the House of Lords. McKinnon's hopes now rest on whether the House of Lords will allow a further appeal. [03 Apr 2007]
Spam storm needs ISP action, urges security chief
News Ispa, the UK's internet service providers' association, will today make a presentation to the House of Lords science and technology committee on computer security and spam. The session, which follows the submission of a written response, coincides... [14 Mar 2007]
Roaming rip-off: House of Lords weighs in
News The House of Lords is to investigate the thorny issue of roaming and is calling for opinions from the UK public on the issue. The Lords' first session will take place next week, with representatives of 3 and O2 giving evidence. [02 Feb 2007]
Re:Viewing 2006: The year in the public sector
News The bill finally got approval following a deal between MPs and peers in the House of Lords, which allowed people to opt out of receiving an ID card when renewing their passport until 2010. All of this has led some people to conclude they would be... [21 Dec 2006]
Lords peers into online security
News A House of Lords committee investigating internet security has heard evidence from leading financial services organisations. The House of Lords launched its enquiry in July. The House of Lords investigation will run until the late spring or summer... [15 Dec 2006]
Nasa hacker appeal to be heard next year
News If his second appeal on 13 February is not successful, McKinnon's only remaining avenue is to appeal to the House of Lords but he is not hopeful. They had a lot of people behind them but they were still not given leave to appeal to the House of Lords. [12 Dec 2006]
Emails probed in "cash for honours" swoop
News Four nominees for a peerage, who loaned cash to the party, were blocked this year by the House of Lords Appointments Commission. UK police are searching the computers of government officials in a bid to find evidence for the "cash for peerages... [12 Jul 2006]
Lord: 'We need better cyber crime laws'
News The UK government is currently trying to update the CMA through amendments in the Police and Justice Bill 2006, which will be debated in the House of Lords this week. The proposed changes would alter the law regarding launching denial of service... [21 Jun 2006]
Five-year court battle bankrupts former City IT manager
News That claim against Perot Systems has since been struck out by the High Court but is currently being considered by the House of Lords Appeal Committee. A former City IT manager has been declared bankrupt with debts of £2.6m following a five-year... [09 Jun 2006]
