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RSS breachICL ploughs ahead with Maff contract
News Not all of ICL's government contracts have run smoothly - in 1994 the company was sued for £1.3m by St Albans Council for breach of contract. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (Maff) yesterday announced it... [22 Apr 1999]
HP accused of stifling competition
News Jones is the founder of inkjet cartridge manufacturer, Colossal Graphics, which won a breach of contract judgement against HP earlier this year. A US entrepreneur is suing Hewlett-Packard (HP) for allegedly monopolising... [21 Apr 1999]
European Parliament receives spam petition
News He told Silicon.com why legislation needs to be as strong as possible: "Spammers breach a fundamental rule of civil society and they corrode relationships and trust needed to take forward the digital age. [20 Apr 1999]
Virgin Net sues spammer
News The writ - served late last week - was for trespass and breach of contract. Virgin Net has served one of its own UK customers with a writ for sending bulk unsolicited emails - or spamming. It is the first time such... [19 Apr 1999]
AT&T breaks privacy guidelines
News He added that the loss to AT&T's reputation was infinite, due to their breach of consumer trust. Under European law, AT&T's mistake would be considered a breach of the data protection principles. [16 Apr 1999]
Keeping the data flow alive
Comment Privacy International has already taken action against Microsoft for this alleged breach of privacy. The free flow of data between Europe and the US remains in danger of grinding to a halt, after the latest talks on data... [29 Mar 1999]
Microsoft tackles Windows privacy issue
News Microsoft has released a patch for Windows 98, just weeks after it admitted that an anti-piracy feature in the operating system (OS) constitutes a breach of privacy. The OS generates a unique identity number for the PC... [21 Mar 1999]
Board directors bury heads in the sand over email use
News Integralis stressed that email and Web site contents could also lead to charges of racial and sexual harassment, libel and breach of copyright. Over forty per cent of UK companies have no clear policy on staff email or... [15 Mar 1999]
Microsoft accused of licensing violation
News Jonathan Fletcher is claiming that his OEM (original equipment manufacturer) copy of Office97 Small Business Edition, is in breach of his EULA, because it does not allow him to reinstall Word97 and Excel97 on his PC once... [22 Feb 1999]
Business needs come first say Silicon.com delegates
News I think you need a champion on the board who can breach the gap between the technical and business requirements," said Alastair Peebles, European IS manager, Altera. Silicon.com's IT on Board event in London yesterday... [11 Feb 1999]
Oftel sharpens its teeth
News Telcos which breach the Act could be fined by as much as 10 per cent of their UK turnover. UK telecoms regulator, Oftel has outlined the new powers it will gain under the new Competition Act, due to come into force by 2000. [15 Jan 1999]
CompuServe accused of privacy breach
News Internet service provider (ISP), CompuServe, and parent company, AOL are facing court action from a US abortion clinic for endangering the privacy of its patients. Through the CompuServe service, anti-abortion activists were able to... [07 Jan 1999]
Judge orders Java litigants to work together
News Even if this is sorted out, the main issue of the case - Microsoft's alleged breach of Sun's Java licensing agreement - still needs to be settled. Judge Ronald Whyte, presiding over the Sun/Microsoft Java case has... [07 Jan 1999]
Electronic prisoner tagging comes under fire
News A central monitoring unit is contacted via a telephone line should the offender breach the curfew limitations. The UK government's decision to use an electronic tagging device to speed up the release of prisoners has... [04 Jan 1999]
BT trials high-speed ADSL media service
News However, the company doesn't think BT Interactive is in breach of any limitations. BT has stepped up its trials of high-speed DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) services, claiming it does not contravene restrictions that... [10 Dec 1998]
