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RSS parliamentEurope: Don't ban internet file-sharers
News People should not be criminalised for the file-sharing of copyrighted material if they are not profiting from doing so, the European Parliament has recommended. At the end of last week the parliament voted through two reports on the cultural... [14 Apr 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News In a written answer to parliament Byrne said: "The use of external consultants provides the department with specialist knowledge, skill, capacity and technical expertise that would not otherwise be available. [11 Apr 2008]
IBM Financial Markets Industry Models Support for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)
White Paper The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) was enacted by the European Parliament on 21 April, 2004 and was set to become law in the 27 member states by April 2007 but is now scheduled for implementation by November 2007. [09 Apr 2008]
Whitehall laptop ban hits driving agency performance
News Transport minister Jim Fitzpatrick told Parliament in a written answer: "The agency minimised the impact on its enforcement activities through increased use of encrypted mobile compliance devices, laptops with printing function disabled, and... [04 Apr 2008]
ICO: Data theft laws must not be axed
News Pressure is building on parliament to quash part of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill that would mean those buying or selling data would face prison (clause 76). The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said it is vital the... [01 Apr 2008]
Driver agency plugs data leaks
News Transport minister Jim Fitzpatrick unveiled the data security changes at the DSA in a written answer to Parliament in response to a question by Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik. Data security at the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) has been overhauled... [28 Mar 2008]
PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech
News In Parliament, Brown also outlined the establishment of a National Security Forum, drawn from the business, education and military sectors. Gordon Brown presented the government's National Security Strategy to the House of Commons yesterday... [20 Mar 2008]
MoD admits to losing 11,000 ID cards
News He revealed the loss in a written answer to Parliament in response to a question by shadow defence secretary Dr Liam Fox. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted that more than 11,000 military ID cards have been lost or stolen in the past two... [13 Mar 2008]
'Fundamental' flaws in Child Support Agency IT
News Now work and pensions minister James Plaskitt has admitted to Parliament the CSA has requested 130 detailed changes to the specification for the CS2 IT system since 2000. It has emerged the Child Support Agency's (CSA) troubled £1.1bn computer... [04 Mar 2008]
'Data guardians' keep a watch over HMRC
News HMRC has appointed 37 guardians to monitor data handling and transfer, financial secretary to the Treasury, Jane Kennedy, told parliament. Scores of "data guardians" have been employed to protect HM Revenue & Customs from a repeat of the child... [29 Feb 2008]
Child Support Agency IT system 10 years late
News In his written answer to Parliament, Plaskitt said: "By the end of 2008, parents will have an option to agree arrangements between themselves and move into voluntary maintenance arrangements, no one will be compelled to stay in either scheme. [22 Feb 2008]
ICO: Make 'reckless' data loss an offence
News She added: "The government rejected proposals for a data-breach notification law, and the new offence would have to become government policy, and once it was on the agenda would take time to go through [Parliament]. [31 Jan 2008]
ID cards: What's the latest?
News PM: Parliament to decide ID cards fate but Gordon Brown accused of "dithering" Confused about where it's going? Or where the whole project started? The project has never been far from the pages of silicon.com - so here's the pick of our coverage... [29 Jan 2008]
Photos: Zoom in on London from the air…
Photo This is an aerial view of the Clock Tower - Big Ben's home at the Houses of Parliament in Westminster - on 192.com's new Super Zoom application. The business listing company has launched a high resolution aerial photography service that covers the... [28 Jan 2008]
ID cards rollout pushed back to 2012
News Brown was already accused of wavering in his support for the scheme earlier this month when he reiterated the fact there will have to be another vote before parliament before ID cards become compulsory in the UK. [23 Jan 2008]
