law confidentiality
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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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]
Ask the lawyer @ Silicon.com
Comment Despite 1 above, proper confidentiality notices help On the first Monday of every month, Silicon.com brings you answers to your IT law questions. Incidentally, most major law firms,... [06 Sep 1999]
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... [07 Jun 1999]
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]. Microsoft has... [08 Mar 1999]
UK government backs down on key escrow
News Although the document does not want confidentiality services to store their decryption keys with a third party, the DTI made it clear that key escrow is not dead and buried. Although law enforcers will... [05 Mar 1999]
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