over-regulation in comment and analysis
Editor's Blog: The naked truth about DSL
Comment Telecoms watchdog Ofcom's view on this part of the market - from its statement on the regulation of VoIP from last year - is that industry is best placed to agree requirements for the provision of any such product. [03 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Blogging cowboys ride the Wild Web
Comment Confusion over the relationship between this law and their online activity clearly puts users at risk, prompting calls for better - or bespoke - regulation of user-generated content. Opinion is equally divided about self-regulation. [05 Jun 2008]
Vodafone chief's departure is a sign of the times
Comment After all, if the competition in Europe doesn't kill you, the regulation just might. In fact the rumour mill has it that a deal was done a year ago when Vittorio Colao - the CEO-in-waiting - was brought back into the company, stating that he would... [29 May 2008]
What governance can really mean to business
Comment Forward-looking organisations tend to take a broader view of risk when conducting business planning, which helps focus on areas outside of regulation and compliance. Then, by ensuring that we have the right level of control over what we do as a... [28 Mar 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 15.02.08
Round-Up So it's decided to think about regulation. Let's face it, it hasn't got a chance, but it's going to do its best anyway through heavy-handed regulation and ineffectual policy making and why should we expect anything less? [15 Feb 2008]
European payment issues will top 2008 agenda
Comment Alternatively, they may undertake major technology refreshes in their payments operations to tackle the cost and complexity of regulation-driven changes. The market is already complex and will become increasingly more so, with real uncertainty over... [20 Dec 2007]
Whose data is it anyway?
Comment Dilemmas of Privacy and Surveillance: Challenges of Technological Change makes sober reading in the light of recent events but it also offers a series of sensible recommendations spanning systems design, risk analysis, regulation, auditing and... [17 Dec 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Blind security
Comment The really farcical nature of all this is after passing through security at most airports I find it so easy to buy as many bags as I like, many of which bust the UK regulation size, and bottles of whisky and other potential weapons. [12 Nov 2007]
Leader: UK should make hay while MiFID sun shines
Leader The European investment banking regulation that came into force today is aimed at making financial trading across borders easier and fairer by, among other things, promoting best execution for trades and improved record keeping. [01 Nov 2007]
Viviane Reding
AS Profile As European commissioner for information society and media, the Luxembourger has a hand in pretty much every decision about technology legislation that takes place in Europe, whether it's to do with mobile TV standards, RFID regulation, opening up... [12 Oct 2007]
Leader: Roaming rates - more work needed
Leader They would rather make changes ahead of any regulation. But a look back at recent announcements shows data rates over cellular - over 3G datacards or slower connections, often for WAP surfing over handsets - are still exorbitant. [14 Feb 2007]
Opinion: Why I fear joined-up government
Comment Back in the good old days before every bus, train and lamppost carried a CCTV camera and Ripa (Regulation and Investigatory Power Act) was a twinkle in Home Secretary, Jack Straw's eye, silicon.com asked me to comment on another crazy-sounding... [18 Jan 2007]
Brampton Factor: Don't get your hopes up for BT's 21CN
Comment As things stand, it is run by a private business, surrounded by an immensely complex system of regulation. Private companies cannot be allowed to run monopolies without regulation. Now BT is preaching as if it had not promoted and connived at... [17 Oct 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Airport security frustrations
Comment Sure they checked that my bag was regulation size, they X-rayed everything but no baggage search, no questioning, no inconvenience. A 45 minute wait on the approach road getting to the airport terminal, followed by a 20 minute wait to get to the... [25 Sep 2006]
Analysis: Does ID management invade workers' privacy?
Comment While monitoring email is as simple as reading a post card, decrypting encrypted Skype sessions is a grey area, one not adequately defined under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa), which defines when and under what circumstances... [10 May 2006]
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