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Workers' Details Sold For £2.20
Blog The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) revealed The Consulting Association sold personal data, including employment history and trade union activity, to building firms without their consent. The Consulting Association, which sold over 3000...
[July 17, 2009, 20:03]
Microsoft tool to measure online-ad impact
Talkback They can check your system to see which updates you need and update without your consent or knowledge. They will have to access your browser, or the temp file on your hard drive to check what sites you have visited.
[February 27, 2008, 13:21]
I completely disagree
Talkback You are taking effort from people without their knowledge or consent. Apart from the risk I already mentioned - and it is a real risk. Some years ago a family friend died as a direct result of a fall caused by a loose paving slab.
[November 5, 2009, 18:33]
Here today, gong tomorrow for 'Sir' Bill Gates
Talkback If any citizen of the United States shall accept, claim, receive or retain any title of nobility or honour, or shall, without the consent of Congress ¿ from any emperor, king, prince or foreign power, such person shall cease to be a citizen of the...
[January 26, 2004, 11:10]
Microsoft complains about 'irresponsible' security revelation
Talkback Tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people have been affected by Moviepass installing itself without knowledge or consent on users computers. To Anonymous regarding Moviepass: You can complain to Moviepass although I can assure you their...
[April 25, 2006, 3:16]
Former ICO head urges data-protection 'step change'
News In the ICO's annual report for 2008-09, prepared just before he stood down from the job in June, Thomas said it is "wholly unacceptable" that the ICO should need the consent of a data controller to inspect government and other organisations.
[July 8, 2009, 9:03]
Microsoft on Trial: Intuit's CEO calls for 'OS neutrality'
News In a summary of his 50-page testimony in the Microsoft antitrust case, company chairman and CEO William Harris urged the government to enforce the provisions outlined in the 1995 consent decree. Calling for the government to impose "operating...
[January 4, 1999, 14:02]
US casts doubt on EU's Microsoft decision
News The quiet protest from the Bush administration comes as concern is growing on Capitol Hill over the European Commission's penalties, which came after the Justice Department agreed to a consent decree that includes ongoing federal court oversight...
[March 31, 2004, 8:45]
Nasa hacker appeals to Bush for pardon
News We have asked David Miliband to seek consent to ask for a pardon," said Todner. Self-confessed Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon is appealing to outgoing US president George W Bush to halt McKinnon's extradition to the US.
[January 16, 2009, 12:45]
Anti-spammers seek proof of senders' identity
Talkback Since I have put controls on my inbox I have recieved returned mailings which say the mail has been originated at my johnridyard.fsnet.co.uk address, but with a string of numbers in front instead of the propper prefix ----- How do I stop this...
[November 21, 2003, 12:54]
Camera phone clampdown demanded
News Privacy International (PI) warned on Tuesday that it has seen a steep rise in the number of complaints from members of the public who say that camera phones have been used to take private and intrusive images without consent.
[November 16, 2004, 15:10]
SP2's firewall is not good enough
Talkback It doesn't, however, block all outgoing traffic, only traffic it deems to be bad or threat worthy and even then it just blocked it anyway, without your consent. Windows "Firewall" failed several leak tests which I imposed; even the age-old grc.com...
[April 6, 2005, 15:50]
Microsoft not off the hook yet
News In November, US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly approved a consent decree in the long-running antitrust case, which the Justice Department and the states filed in 1998. Microsoft's antitrust woes are not over yet.
[March 27, 2003, 16:52]
CA and Microsoft Support for User-Centric Identity and the Identity Metasystem
White Papers After reviewing the existing problems encountered when managing digital identity, this paper introduces the Identity Metasystem, defines its architectural components, then describes how Microsoft Windows CardSpace and CA SiteMinder ICAS can be...
[August 7, 2009, 1:20]
Amazon.com taken to task over child privacy
News Eleven groups, including the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Junkbusters, filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), asking that it investigate whether Amazon is letting children 12 years old and younger post reviews of...
[April 23, 2003, 8:48]
How to kill wireless, Russian style
Blog Moreover, if you want to set up your own network - in other words, have broadband wireless at home by bunging a router on your DSL line - you'll need a special license, potentially including the consent of your local security agency.
[April 16, 2008, 16:04]
Microsoft tweaks default IE8 settings
News IE will never install, or become the default browser without your explicit consent. Responding to widespread complaints, Microsoft has made it less likely that Internet Explorer 8 will become the default browser against the user's wishes.
[July 20, 2009, 9:01]
Tsunami appeal site 'hacker' found guilty
Talkback Entering the house or "taking a vehicle without the owner's consent" (aka "twoking") is. Evil Wizard, what you say is true only if the server was misconfigured. RFC 3986 states that webservers should be able to handle this, and this is an accepted...
[October 14, 2005, 18:23]
DNA testing site not aware of UK law
News Wendy Barley, UK consumer services representative for DNAnow.com admitted that she was not aware of the legal guidelines surrounding consent to paternity testing within Britain. DNA Solutions responded to accusations Friday that the UK launch of...
[September 4, 2000, 8:33]
Microsoft slow to comply with antitrust deal
News Microsoft started the program as part of its efforts to comply with a 2002 consent decree reached with the government. Microsoft is falling behind in meeting certain obligations under its antitrust agreement with the U.S.government, the Bush...
[January 25, 2006, 7:55]
