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RSS illegalNet gambling faces crucial test
News The grounds of her case are that as online gaming is illegal in the US, the transactions between these organisations and Ms Haines were also illegal, and therefore her debts unenforceable. Her lawyer... [18 Aug 1998]
Laptops get strip search from Customs and Excise
News It emerged today that Customs and Excise routinely checks mobile computers for illegal images. Officers at ports and air terminals target laptop computers, CD-Roms and floppy disks. It uses a variety of scanning... [14 Aug 1998]
Net gambling issue opens transatlantic rift
News Gaming, which refers to roulette and other casino games, is illegal over the Internet, because UK law requires it to be operated from a specific licensed premises. A rift between the US and European approaches to the... [29 Jul 1998]
Privada launches anonymous email service
News Concerns that the service could boost the traffic of pornography and other illegal communications have been addressed. US company Privada today launched proprietary software that sends and receives email anonymously. [17 Jul 1998]
Data Protection Bill sparks international talks
News An EC directive on data protection is in the process of being enacted by member states and it could make information sharing with some countries illegal. The governments of Japan, the US and other major international... [17 Jul 1998]
ISPs speak out over BT pay-as-you-surf service
News Users won't actually have to 'log on', he said, so there is room for illegal activities to be carried out over the Internet which can only be traced to telephone numbers, not ISP accounts. The Internet Service Providers... [14 Jul 1998]
EC tightens up data protection
News He cited search engines that offer lists of email addresses as one market that will soon become illegal in Europe. A revised EC data protection act, which is expected to take effect in October, will impose tighter... [30 Jun 1998]
In brief: US court lets ISPs off the hook
News In a landmark lawsuit on Tuesday, the US Supreme Court ruled that AOL is not responsible for illegal material published through its Web service. Recently, the news that a Compuserve employee in Germany was convicted for... [29 Jun 1998]
Barclays launches employment smartcard initiative
News The cabinet spokeswoman supported the drive, saying: "Digital signatures aren't illegal but their status has yet to be tested in a UK court. Barclays Bank has launched trials of a Government-endorsed smartcard, which... [26 Jun 1998]
ISPs huff and puff - but BT could blow their house down
Comment As well as being illegal, they claim it would be foolish for commercial reasons. Last week, ISPs reacted angrily to BT's announcement that it plans to launch a pay-as-you-go, ISP-less Internet access service. [26 Jun 1998]
