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Takeover boosts Lastminute's capacity
News After dropping to 17p on 21 September amid concerns that terrorism would cause significant damage to the travel industry, the share price has risen steadily and reached a peak of 74p in early March. Online travel site Lastminute.com announced on...
[April 8, 2002, 17:22]
Lib Dems: Don't count on Tories over surveillance
News Real Liberals also campaign for the rights of unpopular people such as the subjects of control orders and those arrested for terrorism offences. The Conservatives do not go far enough in opposing government surveillance and databases, Liberal...
[September 23, 2009, 8:45]
Open Rights and digital freedom
News They say this is for the purpose of prevention, investigation, detection and prosecution of crime and criminal offences including terrorism. A digital-rights organisation, Open Rights Group (ORG), has been formed to tackle European and British...
[September 12, 2005, 17:20]
Survey: ID theft costing UK billions in taxes
News The government has been fast-tracking its scheme to roll out ID cards, which it said will be used to fight terrorism, but the SPSS survey recognises that ID cards could help combat one of the most common uses for ID theft -- benefit fraud.
[July 14, 2004, 17:10]
Data protection chief swipes out at spying Bill
News The RIP Bill is intended to help police tackle crime and terrorism but British human rights organisation Liberty says that the proposed powers threaten the rights of all Internet users. Britain's data protection commissioner Elizabeth France hit...
[June 14, 2000, 16:30]
UK government rejects key-escrow resurrection
News Cyber-liberty groups are concerned that the Home Office will be tempted to expand the encryption provisions contained in RIPA to mirror President Bush's proposed Mobilization Against Terrorism Act. The Home Office has confirmed that it will not try...
[September 20, 2001, 12:55]
Home Office denies e-passports can be faked
News The UK introduced e-passports with microchips in 2006 in response to increasing threats from terrorism and identity fraud. The Home Office has rejected claims made by The Times newspaper that Dutch researchers have been able to fake microchipped UK...
[August 7, 2008, 9:00]
Tories attack government policy on cybercrime
News But the national approach to this growing threat of cybercrime and cyber-terrorism lacks co-ordination, focus or urgency. The Conservatives have criticised the government's response to the growing threat from cybercrime, unveiling plans for a...
[March 7, 2008, 9:04]
Lords opposition to comms database mounts
News The huge amount of intercept data could dilute real counter-terrorism efforts. Opposition is gaining momentum in the House of Lords to a proposed centralised government database of all internet communications.
[July 21, 2008, 15:04]
US budgets $1bn for homeland security IT
News A major focus for HSarpa (pronounced h-sarpa) will be technology related to detecting and dealing with bio-terrorism threats, Alexander said. The government has about $1bn to spend next year on the development of new homeland security technologies...
[August 1, 2003, 8:50]
US homeland security to police the Net
News This landmark legislation, the most extensive reorganisation of the federal government since the 1940s, will help our nation meet the emerging threats of terrorism in the 21st century. A massive new bureaucracy will play a major role in securing...
[November 21, 2002, 11:55]
Thursday - Meejah tart
Blog And so it came to pass: today, there's an interview with Click Online (on News 24 several times over this coming weekend and BBC 1 on Sunday) about cyber-terrorism, another with World Business Report about Apple and Universal, and one on Radio 5...
[April 17, 2003, 16:15]
More power to their elbow
Talkback The anti terrorist provisions were only going to be used for terrorism and serious crimes. I have been a charter member of the BCS for a long time now and this is the first time, to my knowledge, that they have ever done something like this.
[February 20, 2009, 15:05]
Privacy expert resigns to focus on security
News The move comes after the Bush administration approved funding to bolster US security and enacted anti-terrorism legislation to prevent future terrorist attacks, including widening government surveillance powers over the Internet.
[November 1, 2001, 12:09]
Labour peer bangs cyberterrorism drum
News I don't think that cyberterrorism exists - if you add 'terrorism' to things, you get more budget. New legislation is needed to protect the UK's essential systems from the threat of attack from cybercriminals and terrorists, a Labour peer claimed on...
[April 27, 2005, 15:45]
Fitting passports with biometric data
News In addition, with global worries about terrorism and other threats on the rise, the technology shift will help governments keep their border checks up-to-date. One of the basic forms of personal identification, the passport, is on the verge of...
[August 18, 2004, 15:45]
Biometrics meets security at Comdex
News Flynn said technology -- specifically biometrics -- provides an intriguing opportunity to contribute to the fight against terrorism. Biometrics and security came together at Comdex Chicago 2002 on Wednesday.
[March 7, 2002, 10:36]
Schneier: ID cards will worsen ID theft
News He also rubbished the UK government's claim that ID cards will help in the fight against terrorism, saying the cards can easily be stolen or counterfeited, effectively hiding terrorists' identities. Security expert Bruce Schneier has slated the UK...
[April 27, 2006, 12:50]
EU Parliament rejects data retention plans
News Individuals involved in organised crime and terrorism will easily find a way to prevent their data being traced. Legislation that would require telephone companies and internet service providers (ISPs) to save information about customers...
[June 10, 2005, 10:00]
The blogosphere strikes back at censorship
News First, the Government for thinking that blocking 22 Web sites will have an effect on terrorism. Indian bloggers are railing against censorship after reports that the Indian Government has instructed Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access...
[July 20, 2006, 14:25]
