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Hillary Clinton talks tech

News I am an original co-sponsor of the Internet Freedom Preservation Act, and I supported its reintroduction. The 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act's section restricting the "circumvention" of copy protection measures is supported by many copyright...

Tags: clinton, internet, facebook, hillary

[03 Jan 2008]

Yahoo! fights China human rights suit

News spokeswoman said the company is a strong believer in human rights and it respects freedom of expression and privacy around the world. and its Hong Kong subsidiary with allegedly divulging information about their online activity and pro-democracy...

Tags: human rights, china, yahoo!

[28 Aug 2007]

SharePoint Portal Server Key to the NHS Modernisation Agenda for Universtiy College London Hospitals

whitepaper It was clear that UCLH's old intranet was struggling to deliver a good service even before compliance to the Freedom of Information Act became a factor. The University College London Health Trust is one of the largest and busiest NHS Trusts in the...

Tags: london, nhs trusts, country, functionality

[02 Aug 2007]

CEOs blamed for "horrifying" data blunders

News The ICO received complaints under both the Data Protection Act (DPA) and Freedom of Information Act. The ICO received almost 6,000 complaints under the Freedom of Information Act and has closed more than three-quarters of those.

Tags: ico, information commission office, data protection, data protection act

[11 Jul 2007]

All Content and No Discovery

whitepaper Is anyone aware that any citizen can ask for and is legally guaranteed access to information that passes through the email system through the Freedom of Information Act? The attendee of this webcast will learn how Symantec can help to implement an...

Tags: storage management, email, act, implement

[23 May 2007]

Are laptop bags to blame for rising thefts?

News These incident reports, obtained by a Freedom of Information Act enquiry, are indicative of the types of theft and robberies happening in alarming and increasing numbers on UK streets as more people carry expensive laptops which are attractive to...

Tags: theft, stolen, laptops

[18 May 2007]

ID cards status to be made public

News But the chief secretary of the Treasury, Paul Boateng, said the information was exempt from the Freedom of Information Act and would not be disclosed. The status of the national ID cards programme will be made available to the public following a...

Tags: id cards

[04 May 2007]

UK tech visas increase by a third

News The figures were obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request by the Association of Technology Staffing Companies (Atsco), which is concerned at the high level of intra-company transfers, where companies relocated their IT staff between...

Tags: atsco

[20 Feb 2007]

Police crack down on dodgy data

Case Study Cheat Sheets  The Computer Misuse Act  ID cards  Freedom of Information Act 2000 Graham Dawson, head of information services at Humberside Police said the new data system enabled the force to quickly establish where the data...

Tags: informatica, police, rights, data

[09 Nov 2006]

Editor's Blog: Don't de-fang the Freedom of Information Act

Comment This week news broke that the government likes the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act (as our friends over at Kablenet tell us). News also broke that the government, through Constitutional Affairs Secretary of State - and prime ministerial buddy...

Tags: foi

[18 Oct 2006]

The Weekly Round-Up: 08.09.06

Round-Up If we promise you this week's Round-Up contains amazing stories of intrigue and scandal will you first sit through an interesting tale about a Freedom of Information Act enquiry into the UK government which gave up a little more information than...

Tags: weekly round-up, round-up

[08 Sep 2006]

Local Authority Gets Wired for Improved Network Performance

whitepaper It also has the capabilities to support future e-government initiatives and the council's new system to aid compliance with the Freedom of Information Act. When Northampton Borough Council realised that the performance of its network was being...

Tags: disaster recovery, council, initiatives, act

[10 Aug 2006]

New Email System Is Just the Tonic for Local NHS Trust

whitepaper The new infrastructure, which was deployed in partnership with Computacenter, will also help the Trust comply with the Freedom of Information Act. Carmarthenshire NHS Trust recognised the growing role email was playing at its two main hospitals...

Tags: infrastructure management, email, trust, backup

[10 Aug 2006]

Mobile phones leak from UK government

News A recent Freedom of Information (FoI) enquiry by silicon.com into lost devices within the UK government has revealed how many mobile phones have gone astray in a number of departments, as well as unearthing some more unusual losses.

Tags: data breach, lost, leak, data

[03 Aug 2006]

Whitehall fights to keep ID card cost report secret

News The ICO considered the complaint under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act and, after reviewing a copy of the report, information commissioner Richard Thomas ruled that the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public...

Tags: ico, dwp, id cards

[06 Jul 2006]

Government ordered to release secret ID card report

News Following the DWP's refusal to release the controversial report the MP complained to the data protection watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office, which considered the decision under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, even though...

Tags: dwp, information commissioner, id cards

[09 Jun 2006]

NHS IT director general Granger's salary revealed

News Granger's salary, bonuses and expenses have finally been released to silicon.com after a protracted wrangle with the Department of Health (DoH) over a Freedom of Information (FoI) Act request. The DoH had initially claimed there was a possibility...

Tags: richard granger, freedom of information, freedom of information act

[30 May 2006]

First Year Challenges for Freedom of Information

whitepaper It follows an internationally unique lead-in period of five years since the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) came into force, and has to be viewed alongside existing Data Protection legislation and new rights under Environmental Information...

Tags: security management, data protection, act, commitment

[26 May 2006]

Who's in charge of government IT?

News At the Department for Constitutional Affairs, parliamentary under secretary of state Baroness Ashton of Upholland continues to be responsible for the Freedom of Information Act and data protection. Joan Ryan takes over the role of Andy Burnham at...

Tags: goverment, minister, ecommerce

[23 May 2006]

US to block minors' access to MySpace?

News Adam Thierer, a senior fellow at the free-market Progress & Freedom Foundation, said: "This is the next major battlefield in the ongoing internet censorship wars. Fitzpatrick's bill, called the Deleting Online Predators Act, or Dopa, is part of a...

Tags: social-networking, myspace

[11 May 2006]

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