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RSS law in newsPrivacy chief fights UK-wide database
News Echoing concerns in the report, Thomas said in a statement: "There needs to be the fullest public debate about the justification for, and implications of, a specially created database - potentially accessible to a wide range of law enforcement... [15 Jul 2008]
UK must overhaul data sharing rules
News The law and its framework lack clarity. Government has been urged to overhaul the way it handles public information in the wake of a string of damaging data losses. Whitehall has neither the framework nor the leadership to properly protect the... [11 Jul 2008]
EU law to end file-sharers time online?
News The 'telecoms package', which on Monday gained approval by the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO), has sparked concern over its support for greater collaboration between ISPs and the content industry - an association that... [09 Jul 2008]
Privacy concerns over Google Street View
News The Information Commissioner's Office has said it has concerns about Google's Street View and thinks the company could be breaching data-protection law. The Google service, which was first made available to a European audience last Thursday, shows... [09 Jul 2008]
Are banks going soft on e-crime?
News The Lords science and technology committee has called for people to be able to report crime directly to the police, rather than having to rely on banks to pass it on to law enforcers.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a... [08 Jul 2008]
London data centres hit by credit crunch
News It found that not one bank or law firm chose to take up space in London, with new space split roughly two-thirds retail and one-third technology. London's data centre sector has suffered a downturn, with no corporates taking up space in the capital... [04 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News Law-enforcement and security agencies could then combine information about anomalous behaviour centred around that event. This would eventually enable law-enforcement bodies to anticipate potential terrorist behaviour "ideally before the terrorist... [04 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News Privacy activists from the Electronic Frontier Foundation said in a blog post the order "threatens to expose deeply private information" and violated the Video Privacy Protection Act, a 1988 federal law passed after Supreme Court nominee Robert... [04 Jul 2008]
ICO: Data breach law moves closer
News The UK's privacy watchdog says the country is a step closer to getting a law forcing organisations to reveal data breaches, thanks to draft EU legislation. Deputy information commissioner David Smith said proposals to revise the EU's ePrivacy... [03 Jul 2008]
Jonathan Zittrain on why the internet is on a knife edge
News The Oxford University internet law professor argues the innovation that powered the growth of the internet and home computing was made possible by their open, "generative" structure, which allowed anyone to write software or build web pages. [30 Jun 2008]
Zittrain: Android holds the key to free future
News The Oxford professor of internet law, whose book argues the freedom of PCs and the internet has fostered the innovation that has made technology integral to our life today, fears society is shifting towards closed systems such as iPods and Xboxes. [30 Jun 2008]
Icann opens a can of worms
News John Mackenzie, of the law firm Pinsent Masons, said: "This has the potential for utter chaos. The decision to allow custom top-level domains will be a "nightmare" for brand managers, analysts and lawyers have warned. [30 Jun 2008]
University ramps up network bandwidth for e-learning
News The university selected ntl:Telewest Business to replace its WAN with a high speed metro Ethernet VPN network, which connects its main building and central campus at Northampton Square in Clerkenwell to 10 remote sites, including Cass Business... [23 Jun 2008]
Nasa hacker fights extradition
News Hearing his appeal will be the Law Lords, a group of senior judges. McKinnon's fate now hangs on the decision of the Law Lords, who will determine whether there was an abuse of process by the US authorities. [13 Jun 2008]
Casinos bet on Experian ID verification
News The move is in line with gambling law which came into force last year, which while opening up the opportunity for establishing gambling premises also tightens rules on where gambling can take place and who may take part. [11 Jun 2008]
