law in cheat sheets
Cheat Sheet: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Cheat Sheet Another law. According to the law, anyone, regardless of age, nationality or location can access information (providing it is not exempt) from the public authority. What's this one about then? The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is designed to give... [12 Sep 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Creative Commons
Cheat Sheet The Creative Commons licence is meant to complement standard copyright law, to provide a way for those who don't mind their work being passed on and who see collaborating with people they don't know as a good thing. [05 May 2005]
Cheat Sheet: The Computer Misuse Act
Cheat Sheet What, another law? This meant prosecutions of alleged perpetrators of email bombs and the like proved troublesome under the old law. Academics and industry experts also expressed concerns that IT pros might end up on the wrong side of the law. [29 Nov 2006]
Cheat Sheet: MiFID
Cheat Sheet Well it seems to be pretty confused at the moment and with many countries having still not transposed MiFID into national law, the 1 November deadline looks increasingly optimistic. In general though, it seems the UK financial industry is looking... [05 Jun 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Data Protection Act 1998
Cheat Sheet All computer records and most manual records come within the terms of the law if they can be used to identify the individual the record refers to. 1998? That's a bit out of date isn't it? Not really. The Data Protection Act 1998 only came into... [28 Aug 2007]
Cheat Sheet: The Microsoft antitrust case
Cheat Sheet After this, Judge Penfield Jackson - who by this time had shaken off allegations of plying the media with anti-Microsoft sentiment - issued a Conclusion of Law. What's the US Department of Justice's problem? [24 Jan 2002]
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