caspar bowden articles, videos, photos and opinions

Sort by Relevance | Date | Popularity

Quotes of the year: From Steve Jobs' impact to why architects are the Britneys of IT

The best tech soundbites from 2011... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Data Protection Act loophole risks sensitive data

...caused sensitive data to be compromised on a massive scale, according to Caspar Bowden, chief privacy adviser for Microsoft's worldwide technology office, who was... Read more

24 March, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Anonymity loophole puts UK data at risk

...caused sensitive data to be compromised on a massive scale, according to Caspar Bowden, chief privacy adviser for Microsoft's worldwide technology office, who was... Read more

23 March, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

IT think tank opens doors to supporters

...these goals primarily by careful lobbying underpinned by rigorous research. FIPR director Caspar Bowden, who acted as an adviser in the chamber during several House... Read more

27 March, 2002 by Matt Loney

UK government scoops 'Internet Villain' nominations

...go to Broadband4Britain.com, to the information commissioner Elizabeth France and to Caspar Bowden of the Foundation for Information Policy Research. Broadband4Britain.com is a... Read more

17 January, 2002 by Matt Loney

Virgin Mobile admits storing customer location records

...see if it is legal to store such information. Civil rights expert Caspar Bowden has already expressed deep concern that such records are being kept... Read more

29 October, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Straw blames 'naive' libertarians for weak encryption laws

...protect against the growing threat of organised terrorism is irrelevant, according to Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research. "It is impossible... Read more

2 October, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Home Office backs seven-year data retention laws

...of the submission. Speaking at the Information Security Solutions Europe (ISSE) conference, Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research, claimed that the... Read more

28 September, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

A Year Ago: Escrow time line draws fire from think-tank

...limb of an old policy which should be chopped off," according to Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research Bowden believes the... Read more

8 March, 2000 by Jane Wakefield

E-commerce strategy could damage UK economy - report

...through the process," he says. Industry reaction to the report was harsh. Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Policy Research, describes the report as... Read more

19 May, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

Escrow time line draws fire from think-tank

...limb of an old policy which should be chopped off," according to Caspar Bowden, director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research. Bowden believes the... Read more

8 March, 1999 by Jane Wakefield

Big Brother Awards nominees plumb new depths

The annual award ceremony to recognise the biggest threats to privacy throws up some predictable names, and a few outsiders Read more

25 February, 2002 by Matt Loney

Privacy experts slam snooping code of practice

Cyber-liberty experts are frustrated that the Home Office consultation paper offers no guidelines on the legitimate interception of communications Read more

15 August, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

ZDNet, privacy experts set crypto conference

The fourth in a series of public conferences on cryptography policy, e-commerce and Internet surveillance begins Thursday, 23 September. Read more

16 September, 1999 by Richard Barry

RIPA could cause new wave of cyber attacks

...data on them that are likely to hold evidence of crime. But Caspar Bowden, former director of FIPR, warned that introduction of the legislation could... Read more

16 August, 2006 by Steve Ranger

Get ZDNet UK's daily newsletter

Enter your email address to sign up

ZDNet UK Live

Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

4 hours ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
dede0202

Hello ALL USERS OF THE PIRATE BAY I WOULD PUT AN EXPLANATION ON PIRACY Story Idea ILLIGALE AND SHARING THOSE THAT NET Dissent NOT WELL BUT TO CA...

13 hours ago by dede0202 on The Pirate Bay infringes copyright, High Court decides
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

13 hours ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

19 hours ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Roberto_Store

Now On Sale, Unlocked iPhone 4S / Galaxy Note In Factory Box. Roberto-Techie(UK) ”Now on Sales” Smartphone, Android,Tablets,Gadget &...

23 hours ago by Roberto_Store on Samsung Galaxy S III lined up for sale
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

1 day ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

1 day ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

1 day ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything
Jason Burchell

seriously now. I've only bothered to read a small bit of the comments. do me and the rest of the world a favour. stop saying it does not work or...

2 days ago by Jason Burchell via Facebook on Music industry negotiating over 24-bit downloads
Philip Charles Cohen

Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ... In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another...

2 days ago by Philip Charles Cohen via Facebook on PayPal takes phone-based payments to the high street
apexwm

Leslie Satenstein : Where have you ever seen Mozilla even mention this? Firefox is the most popular browser in the GNU/Linux OS, so I don't see...

2 days ago by apexwm on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
songmaster

SHleG: Do you remember building a clockwork scorpion kit (I'm pretty sure I have a photo of it somewhere) — I think it was called something like...

2 days ago by songmaster on Software with everything
Chris Wortman

Good I love Yahoo! Their search engine is getting better than Google as of late. I find more of what I want on the first page, and usually within...

2 days ago by Chris Wortman via Facebook on Linux Mint 13 ramps up for KDE release
PatrickG

openhgs has made the point for Windows 8 multiple monitors without realising it! With Windows 7 you have to switch the mouse and so your focus...

2 days ago by PatrickG on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Leslie Satenstein

Mozilla has threatened to stop supporting Linux. I guess that UBUNTU is going with another browser. I indicated that if Mozilla stops supporting...

2 days ago by Leslie Satenstein via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
Andy Bolstridge

Much as I abhor Microsoft's licensing practices, this is almost certainly down to purchasing IT equipment via 3rd party consultants - you get the...

2 days ago by Andy Bolstridge via Facebook on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
Jack Schofield

@openhgs Windows users have had multiple desktops since Linus started writing Linux. They just haven't shipped as standard because not enough...

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on Windows 8 could speed multi-monitor uptake
Jack Schofield

@Phil at Cloud4 What, Microsoft gets £1,200 per PC and £1,622 per server? Gosh, I'm amazed....

3 days ago by Jack Schofield on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
craigsc

You guys have no idea what is going on at Autonomy. Autonomy could have been a much more profitable organization. The sales operations at Autonomy...

3 days ago by craigsc on HP cuts 27,000 staff as Autonomy chief Lynch leaves
Moley

How does this impact on dual or multi booting? Seems to me to more or less prohibit this, from Windows 8 anyway. Will Grub 2 recognise Windows 8,...

3 days ago by Moley on Windows 8 start-up speed forces USB boot workaround