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EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. Speaking at a Westminster e-Forum on data roaming on... [22 Jul 2008]
Kangaroo web TV faces competition scrutiny
News The OFT has referred the issue to the Competition Commission as there is insufficient information about pricing and competition to make a "robust judgement". Kangaroo, the proposed online on-demand video joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and... [30 Jun 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News These were a management and process review by chairman of PricewaterhouseCoopers Kieran Poynter, a review of staff by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and an unsuccessful search to recover the missing CDs by the Metropolitan... [26 Jun 2008]
HMRC and MoD face action over data blunders
News The HMRC faces action following damning reports by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) and by chairman of PriceWaterhouseCoopers Kieran Poynter into HMRC losing two data discs containing 25 million people's details. [25 Jun 2008]
EC pledges open standards support
News The Commission also said earlier this year it would investigate allegations about Microsoft's behaviour, including allegations of rigged voting during International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) accreditation for Microsoft Office Open XML... [12 Jun 2008]
Did Microsoft use desktop dominance in OOXML standard?
News Specifically, the Commission sought information on attempts to influence the debate or vote over the standards proposal. The European Commission's antitrust regulatory body has sent queries to several European countries to investigate how the... [04 Apr 2008]
We need more tech training, says small business
News European associations representing small and medium-sized enterprises have called for more European Commission-backed funding for SME employee IT training. A European Commission representative promised increased funding for small businesses, but... [09 Mar 2008]
Women told: Tech isn't 'boring'
News The European Commission's (EC) commissioner for information society and media, and ambassador against rip-off roaming charges, Viviane Reding, has set her sights on debunking geeky IT stereotypes which she believes are putting women off working in... [07 Mar 2008]
Minister calls for ID cards review
News A full report is due in spring next year, which will take into account the Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation and consultation with the Information Commissioner's Office. Plans for a national ID database must be reviewed... [27 Nov 2007]
ICO: HMRC breach - where were the tech safeguards?
News Ulf Dahlsten, director of emerging technologies and infrastructure for the European Commission, said that HMRC "needed to enhance its protection", and added the European Commission had issued guidance on the use of privacy-enhancing technologies. [23 Nov 2007]
Missing: 25 million child benefit records
News Darling admitted it is "highly likely" the Data Protection Act has been broken and said an inquiry into the missing data will be conducted by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. Two password-protected CDs containing the child benefit... [20 Nov 2007]
Data breach notification laws are 'just the start'
News The European Commission is considering tightening some of the regulations around when companies have to reveal security leaks. Speaking at a keynote panel at the RSA Conference Europe 2007, Christopher Kuner, partner and head of the international... [23 Oct 2007]
Stories of the Month - September 2007
News But still, despite such innovations there is still room for improvement - it seems the lack of tech skills in Europe is slowing down the implementation of new projects according to the European Commission. [28 Sep 2007]
UK 'a closed shop for open source'
News One hundred thousand workers at the European Commission use Alfresco, along with three of the world's top investment banks, he said, but the company only makes five per cent of its revenue in the UK because of the country's fear of open source... [13 Sep 2007]
£1.5bn farm subsidy chaos: "Inept" planning blamed
News A report into the fiasco by Whitehall spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee has found implementation of the project started before the final specification and regulations for the subsidy scheme were agreed by the European Commission... [06 Sep 2007]
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