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Recycling special report: A way forward
News Perhaps the best road map for US recycling legislation can be found in Europe. A key stimulus there comes from the European Union, which through its parliamentary arm is working to pull various existing and proposed national programs into a united...
[June 18, 2001, 14:02]
Looking to Manage Changing Regulations? Look No Further
White Papers With a growing body of legislation dictating how companies may collect, use, store, and report electronic data, it’s no wonder that many of today’s most robust data and server management solutions are being developed specifically to help...
[August 2, 2005, 14:16]
ID cards unveiled in Queen's Speech
News Legislation for national ID cards and the UK's version of the FBI were the key planks of the Queen's Speech today, which promised "security for all". Measures to extend opportunity will be accompanied by legislation to increase security for all.
[November 23, 2004, 14:40]
Nations uniting for open source
News A recent global wave of legislation is compelling government agencies, and in some cases government-owned companies, to use open-source or free software unless proprietary software is the only feasible option.
[August 30, 2001, 8:30]
Government must demand project accountability - report
News The UK Government should impose a tighter regime of accountability on IT projects introducing US style legislation to ensure that departments comply with best practice, according to an influential report published on 22 July, 2004.
[July 23, 2004, 10:35]
Execs outline the importance of CFOs
News Predictably, the issues most frequently touched on were related to the glut of accounting scandals unearthed at companies such as Enron over the past several years, and the daunting task of meeting the guidelines set forth in the Sarbanes-Oxley...
[November 22, 2004, 8:35]
Women's employment rights are strengthened
News Women who have experienced sex discrimination at work, will from 12 October have an increased chance of compensation when new legislation comes into effect. This shift of legislation is within the Sex Discrimination (Indirect Discrimination and...
[October 10, 2001, 18:17]
Government may revive data-sharing plan
News The government may introduce legislation to enable it to share more citizen data across government departments. Justice secretary Jack Straw said that the government was consulting on the issue, and would introduce primary legislation if a...
[May 15, 2009, 15:18]
US Report: Senate passes CDA II, filtering measure
News The Senate passed legislation to ban the open display of sexually explicit materials judged "harmful to minors" on the Internet. It was the first time the Senate had passed such legislation since a similar measure was struck down as...
[July 24, 1998, 10:33]
Keep your sensitive data secure
News Is your organisation responsible for complying with one or more of the many privacy-related pieces of legislation that have been introduced over the past decade? Information protected by legislation can include:
[July 6, 2006, 15:35]
US Report: Tech visa bill dies in Senate as session ends
News The House approved landmark legislation updating copyright law for the digital age, sending the bill to the White House where President Clinton is expected to sign it into law. Software makers, movie studios, book publishers and other creators of...
[October 13, 1998, 10:08]
Entertainment industry 'trying to hijack data retention directive'
News Cyber-rights groups have accused the entertainment industry of attempting to hijack the European Union's data retention legislation. Opponents have claimed that if this demand was granted, then — combined with the upcoming IPRED2 legislation which...
[November 24, 2005, 17:00]
Gov't may shelve comms-database plans for 2009
News The Communications Data Bill may have been axed from the next round of parliamentary legislation, according to reports. Whitehall sources have told The Independent that the bill will now not be included in next month's Queen's speech, setting out...
[November 24, 2008, 8:20]
Father of the Web lambastes cyber snooping bill
News British scientist Tim Berners-Lee, credited as the founding father of the World Wide Web, publicly damned British legislation proposing increased Internet surveillance and controls over online privacy Sunday.
[June 12, 2000, 10:06]
France pushes ahead with 'three strikes' internet law
News French lawmakers have passed an amended version of the Hadopi legislation that calls for persistent file-sharers to be cut off from the internet. The draft 'three strikes' legislation, named after the body which will oversee the enforcement of...
[September 16, 2009, 16:54]
'DMCA on steroids' passed by EU
News On Tuesday the European Parliament passed controversial legislation aimed at cracking down on copyright pirates, ranging from DVD counterfeiters to illicit Viagra sellers online. Traditional civil liberties, fairness, balance and proportionality...
[March 10, 2004, 7:35]
Why the Lords is investigating security
News We will be looking at how effective the legislation is concerning cybercrime, but we'll wait before developing any thoughts. Weak legislation and regulations have been blamed for not turning the tide of computer crime, and the police have been...
[August 1, 2006, 16:45]
EC rejects mobile broadcasting fears
News The European Commission (EC) has denied that proposed amendments to broadcasting legislation will adversely affect mobile advertising, after a conglomerate of IT industry players raised concerns that regulations could "stifle the growth" of the...
[July 28, 2006, 12:15]
Net paedophile investigation breaks new ground
News A British police officer has become the first to covertly catch an Internet paedophile using existing UK legislation. Current legislation allows us to do certain acts that other police departments would normally not get involved in," said Brookes.
[January 22, 2002, 10:33]
Business should 'use privacy laws, not abuse them'
News Privacy legislation need not hold back the deployment of CRM systems or other data-centric business plans, the information commissioner, Elizabeth France, told the CRM Summit in Warwickshire yesterday.
[January 31, 2002, 11:52]
