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IT pros criminalised by CMA update?
News A person is guilty of an offence if he makes, adapts, supplies or offers to supply any article - a) intending it to be used to commit, or to assist in the commission of, an offence under section 1 or 3 [of the CMA]; or... [22 May 2006]
T-Mobile and Vodafone slash roaming rates
News A spokesman for the Reding's office said in an initial reaction to Monday's news: "The Commission welcomes everything that goes in the right direction in terms of the reduction of international roaming... [08 May 2006]
UK consumers left in the dark on data breaches
News Plans for a similar law to cover the whole US - the Data Accountability and Trust Act - are being presented to the Federal Trade Commission for approval. A spokeswoman from the Information Commissioner's... [02 May 2006]
Truckers' smartcards off to a slow start
News FTA external affairs director Geoff Dossetter told silicon.com: "Our view is that digital tachographs are long overdue but the introduction has been bungled by the European Commission over the last few years. [30 Mar 2006]
ID theft 'passport' mooted
News Identity theft continues to plague consumers, topping the list of fraud complaints reported to the Federal Trade Commission last year. To receive an Identity Theft Passport, a person would have to file a police report... [22 Mar 2006]
Microsoft guilty of anti-competitive ways, EC told
News We will respond quickly and comprehensively to any requests for information from the Commission on this complaint but no such requests have been received so far. A group of the world's largest technology... [23 Feb 2006]
China: Web censorship gives US pause for thought
News Both Ryan and Smith are in the process of concocting new laws, which are likely to take cues from recommendations issued by Reporters Without Borders and the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission (SRC), a... [13 Jan 2006]
Microsoft still facing long list of legal woes
News Thomas Vinje, an antitrust attorney with Clifford Chance in Brussels, Belgium, said: "The settlement strengthens the Commission's case. But it's unlikely the Justice Department or Federal Trade... [12 Oct 2005]
Gates and Ballmer finally top $1m pay
News In its annual proxy filing on Wednesday with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Microsoft said: "The compensation of Messrs Ballmer and Gates reflects their status as significant shareholders of the company. [29 Sep 2005]
Federal Information Security Management Act: FY 2004 Executive Summary Report
White Paper The Office of Inspector General (OIG) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) engaged Cotton & Company LLP to conduct an independent evaluation of its information systems and... [30 Aug 2005]
FY 2003 Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Independent Evaluation
White Paper The Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) requires all federal agency heads to transmit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) an annual agency report consisting of separate... [30 Aug 2005]
Review of Federal Trade Commission Implementation of the Federal Information Security Management Act for Fiscal Year 2004
White Paper The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Office of Inspector General (OIG) completed this Independent Evaluation Report along with the IG's portion of the Office of Management and Budget... [23 Aug 2005]
Watchdog gets more than 1,000 FoI complaints
News In the seven months since its introduction the Information Commission (IC) has received 1,157 complaints about refusals to disclose information or failure to meet the 20-day deadline.... [13 Jul 2005]
ID Cards on Trial: Will ID cards have RFID tags?
News The admission is likely to increase privacy concerns on the back of a warning from data protection watchdog the Information Commission (IC) this week that the government's ID card plans are another... [29 Jun 2005]
SEC fails own security and accounting tests
News The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has weaknesses in its information security and accountancy practices that should prevent fraud and ensure financial accuracy in other companies, according to... [27 May 2005]
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