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RSS law directiveBanks, business suffering Sepa confusion
News The study showed more than two-thirds of respondents didn't know when the directive was due to be made law in their own countries, with some even citing dates after the EU-wide law comes... [16 Sep 2008]
Watchdog demands data breach confessions
News The EU is currently debating proposals to overhaul the ePrivacy Directive to compel ISPs to come clean about data breaches, recently welcomed by deputy information commissioner David Smith. According to Fielder, the UK... [01 Sep 2008]
"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach
News Guidance measures such as the PCI directive - aimed at the credit industry - are successful because they a) provide effective and comprehensive methodology to protect data and b) they are enforced. Security experts have... [27 Aug 2008]
Legal Eye: Trademark landmark
Comment Under the Trademark Directive, trademark owners have exclusive rights to prevent others from using a mark that is identical or confusingly similar to their own. But because the European Parliament is currently promoting... [16 Jul 2008]
ICO: Data breach law moves closer
News Deputy information commissioner David Smith said proposals to revise the EU's ePrivacy Directive could be the "catalyst" needed to get data breach notification into UK law. It looks as if breach... [03 Jul 2008]
Terrorist Identification, Screening, and Tracking Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive 6
White Paper There is an emerging consensus that the U.S.intelligence and law enforcement community missed several vital opportunities to watch-list and screen several conspirators involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. [03 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Europe's copyright controversy
Comment If a member state's copyright laws allow for private copying of already-bought material, the Copyright Directive 2001/29 demands that "adequate compensation" be made to the rights holder. In January 2008, the government... [18 Jun 2008]
Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan
News As of last September telecoms providers must keep all text and phone call records for up to two years under an EU directive, and this is to be rolled out to include all online traffic by 2009 at the latest. [20 May 2008]
Preparedness and the Force of Law
White Paper On January 29, 2000, a memorandum from the Counsel to the President presented the legal argument that a Presidential Directive had the same legal effectiveness as an Executive Order. It is a long held and accepted legal... [15 May 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... [09 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: High Court's patent sense
Comment Software patents are a controversial field - as anyone who witnessed the ferocious opposition to the European Software Directive a couple of years ago will testify. The underlying bedrock of European law... [13 Feb 2008]
UK banks ready for MiFID, says FSA
News MiFID - the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive - is a set of regulations that update how investment banks do business by improving record keeping and encouraging 'best execution' for trades, among other things. [30 Oct 2007]
MiFID - will the banks be ready in time?
News MiFID - the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive - comes into effect on 1 November and aims to improve the way investment banks do business across Europe. BearingPoint predicts that although the... [03 Oct 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Data Protection Act 1998
Cheat Sheet The Act is based on a European directive which requires member states "to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of natural persons, in particular their right to privacy with respect to the processing of personal... [28 Aug 2007]
Data leaks - Europe readies new rules
News And even the limited proposals from the EC have a long journey ahead of them before they end up in national law: in the autumn the Commission will formally propose to the Council of Ministers and European parliament a... [02 Aug 2007]
