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Vaizey knocks EC privacy proposals

...put a 'right to be forgotten' into law have been criticised by culture minister Ed Vaizey. The proposal to make global corporations liable for data... Read more

29 March, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Government proposes ISP mediation for web takedowns

...for privacy breaches as the one provided by Nominet for domain names, culture minister Ed Vaizey told MPs in a parliamentary debate on Thursday. Nominet... Read more

1 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Government to overhaul Communications Act

Culture minister Jeremy Hunt, who has taken over responsibility for telecoms regulation, has... Read more

20 January, 2011 by Matthew Broersma

MEPs back cheaper European data-roaming rates

...Niebler, ITRE committee liaison In February, Three sent an open letter to culture minister Ed Vaizey, urging him to push for lower prices on data... Read more

28 February, 2012 by Jack Clark

Three: EU data price caps need to be lower

...high costs.In an open letter (PDF) sent on Monday, Three urged culture minister Ed Vaizey to argue for a lower wholesale cap for data... Read more

21 February, 2012 by Ben Woods

Reuse of public data to get easier under new EU rules

Most public bodies will be compelled to make almost all their data available for reuse under new proposals from the European Commission, which says resulting apps and services could lead to a £34bn boost for the EU's economy Read more

12 December, 2011 by David Meyer

UK businesses get cookie amnesty

...and fixed line phone services, email and the internet continues unabated," said culture minister Ed Vaizey in a DCMS statement. "The changes to the EU... Read more

15 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner

ICO: Cookie rules changes to affect businesses

...leaving businesses with only a month to prepare for the incoming regulations. Culture minister Ed Vaizey said that the government would not expect the Information... Read more

8 March, 2011

Everything Everywhere drops spectrum refarming threat

...Everything Everywhere threatened legal action. An Everything Everywhere spokesperson noted that, when culture minister Ed Vaizey took over responsibility for spectrum issues, the government decided... Read more

3 November, 2010

UK government minister joins pirate raids

UK culture minister Kim Howells has attended a dawn raid on an address used... Read more

4 December, 2002 by Justin Calvert

British Library launches national web archive

...of data annually from 2011. The project, which was officially launched by culture minister Margaret Hodge on 25 February, aims to store all the UK... Read more

26 February, 2010 by Kable

Museum gets funding to promote the web

...will receive £150k for the project — just part of the £4m that culture minister Margaret Hodge announced on Monday would be spent by 31 English... Read more

27 August, 2008 by Colin Barker

France may sanction P2P downloads

...services. The ultimate success of the proposal is far from certain. French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, along with much of the government, supports... Read more

23 December, 2005 by Anne Broache

Government's digital plans come under fire

...the public information campaign promised by Chris Smith hasn't happened." Since culture minister Chris Smith made the analogue switch-off announcement in September 1999... Read more

12 April, 2001 by Jane Wakefield

BT's 'Post Office' Tower gets listed

...is still used for corporate entertaining. The list of buildings goes to culture minister Tessa Jowell for approval Read more

6 November, 2001 by John Oates

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