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ICO publishes data-sharing code of practice

...The Information Commissioner's Office has launched a code of practice designed to enable organisations to share information across the public... Read more

11 May, 2011 by Tom Espiner

ICO issues guidelines for data privacy in the cloud

...businesses to help them protect customers' personal information online. Part of the code of practice, which was published on Wednesday, is designed to help small... Read more

7 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Ofcom set to lay out anti-piracy rules for ISPs

...with implementing the Digital Economy Act. After repeated delays, Ofcom's revised code of practice should arrive in June to tell ISPs what their role... Read more

16 May, 2012 by Ben Woods

Gap between broadband you get vs broadband ISPs promise set to shrink

ISPs sign up to new Ofcom code of practice for broadband advertising... The gap between advertised and actual broadband... Read more

28 July, 2011 by Tim Ferguson

ISPs to be honest about traffic management policies

...ISPs) said on Monday that they have signed up to a voluntary code of practice formulated by them and the Broadband Stakeholder Group (BSG), an... Read more

14 March, 2011 by David Meyer

ISPs prepare net-neutrality code of conduct

...Broadband Stakeholder Group has been working with ISPs to develop a voluntary code of practice on traffic management transparency," the group told ZDNet UK on... Read more

9 March, 2011 by David Meyer

Watchdog: TalkTalk's broadband speed test misled users

...that the maximum speed available to him was less than 2.1Mbps". Code of practice Most ISPs in the UK have signed up to a... Read more

16 May, 2012

BT and TalkTalk rapped over broadband sales info

...being prompted in more than half of all calls. Ofcom's 'Voluntary Code of Practice on Broadband Speeds' came into effect in 2008, but was... Read more

15 May, 2012
UK airport body scans will not be opt out

UK airport body scans will not be opt out

Travellers will not be allowed an alternative to a full-body scan at airport security, despite the introduction of new European privacy rights, the UK transport minister has said Read more

23 November, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Government denies reviving site-blocking law plans

...Newzbin2 case, it emerged that the government was working on a voluntary code of practice for ISPs, that would have them agree to block certain... Read more

10 February, 2012

MPs urge ISPs to take down terrorist material

...legislation, I'm not sure why there is a need for a code of practice," the ISPA spokesmand added. Internet role According to the report... Read more

6 February, 2012 by David Meyer

Ofcom: ISPs must reveal more about traffic throttling

...BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin Media, O2, Vodafone and Three — signed a voluntary code of practice agreeing to be clear about the policies on their networks... Read more

24 November, 2011 by Ben Woods

ISPs prompt parents over blocking internet porn

...Flickr On Tuesday, the ISPs said they have come up with a code of practice to help their customers learn about how parental controls work... Read more

11 October, 2011 by David Meyer

Police launch £75m national database

The Police National Database, which includes the names of up to 15 million criminals, victims and other people of interest to the police, is now live, with every force in England and Wales hooked up Read more

22 June, 2011 by David Meyer

EU warns web firms over 'do-not-track' timescale

...standard already exist and the advertising industry has already agreed on a code of practice to inform people when sites are tracking them using cookies... Read more

22 June, 2011 by David Meyer

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