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Expert: CPS hack tool guidance 'confused'
News Guidelines published this week by the Crown Prosecution Service on how to interpret amendments to the Computer Misuse Act have been branded "confused" by a renowned security expert. The Computer Misuse Act (CMA) amendments criminalise the...
[January 3, 2008, 16:51]
EU committee gives 'file-sharing' law go-ahead
News A set of telecommunications laws has been given the green light by a European parliamentary committee, which includes amendments that some argue could lead to file-sharers being disconnected by their internet service providers.
[July 8, 2008, 16:43]
Lords to consider data retention objections
News The House of Lords will on Monday consider amendments to anti-terror legislation that reject government plans to stockpile communications and traffic data for non-terrorist as well as terrorist investigations.
[November 30, 2001, 17:40]
A Year Ago: Government backtracks on Internet surveillance
News The government tabled amendments to a controversial cyber-surveillance bill Monday that would weaken its snooping powers but may prevent more serious changes from being made. Home Office minister Charles Clark yesterday promised that the suggested...
[June 27, 2001, 6:06]
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]
US Report: Senate passes Net tax ban
News The Internet Tax Freedom Act cleared the upper chamber after nearly a week of debate in which members tacked on numerous amendments dealing with online pornography, electronic verification measures and children's privacy, adding considerable...
[October 9, 1998, 10:42]
Government backtracks on Internet surveillance
News The government tabled amendments to a controversial cyber-surveillance bill Monday that would weaken its snooping powers but may prevent more serious changes from being made. Home Office minister Charles Clark yesterday promised that the suggested...
[June 27, 2000, 15:44]
Government suffers another ID Card defeat
News The government ID cards bill has suffered two more defeats in the House of Lords after peers voted in favour of further amendments to the proposed legislation. A final reading of the ID cards bill will now take place in the House of Lords next week...
[February 1, 2006, 10:10]
Patents directive wins European Parliament OK
News The European Parliament has voted to approve a highly controversial directive governing the patentability of computer-implemented inventions -- including software -- but with amendments that appear to be a victory for critics of the original...
[September 24, 2003, 18:05]
EU vote 'widens loopholes' in software patent directive
News Amendments to the EU's directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions that would have prevented companies taking out pure software patents were largely thrown out by the European Parliament legal affairs committee (JURI) at a a...
[June 21, 2005, 13:25]
Cybercrime laws 'will harm security research'
News The Police and Justice Bill 2006, which received Royal Assent last Wednesday, contains amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 that alter the law surrounding the creation and distribution of 'dual use' software tools.
[November 17, 2006, 12:47]
IPod row: MPs rush to Apple's aid
News Derek Wyatt MP and John Pugh MP have both submitted amendments to an Early Day Motion (EDM) published this week that criticised Apple and urged it to "ensure that replacement [iPod] batteries are plentiful in supply and priced at a reasonable level".
[January 23, 2004, 16:30]
High noon for software patent directive
News MEPs will vote on a number of amendments to the directive in a plenary session of the Parliament. Many of these amendments will limit the extent to which software can be patented, it is believed. It was critical of the European Parliament legal...
[July 5, 2005, 17:50]
Mobile operators attack 'stifling' EC legislation
News The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) said on Tuesday that amendments to the Television without Frontiers (TVwF) Directive — which seeks to regulate new media content broadcasting — could restrict economic growth by imposing advertising controls...
[July 26, 2006, 13:10]
Software patent limits 'go too far'
News The decision to adopt several amendments to the highly controversial directive, fundamentally altering its effects, is likely to lead to the directive's withdrawal by the European Commission, according to Alex Batteson, IT expert at British...
[September 26, 2003, 17:50]
CIO's Guide to the New Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Assessing the IT Impact of Email/File Retention on Discovery Requirements
White Papers To meet the new FRCP amendments as well as evolving regulatory requirements, organizations should implement technologies such as email and file-system archiving solutions that can capture data, retain it in compliance with retention policies, and...
[August 5, 2009, 1:21]
European software patents inch closer
News Juri voted to approve a series of amendments to a proposed directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions, which aims to eliminate ambiguity in the way software-related patents are handled, and differences in the way EU member...
[June 18, 2003, 14:04]
Digital Job Tracker
Downloads Sumarise the amount of time spent on creativity and amendments individually (important for those awkward clients! There is also an estimation facility as well as a pre-designed invoice which automatically enters the total for creative artwork...
[June 17, 2003, 8:00]
EFF: Don't protect US telcos from spying lawsuits
News The US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Amendments Act gives telecoms companies retroactive immunity for opening their networks to the National Security Agency. The flawed [statute] improperly attempts to take away Americans' claims arising out of...
[December 2, 2008, 11:17]
Data-breach admissions may become mandatory
News Amendments to the EU E-Privacy Directive are currently being debated by the EU parliament and are expected to be passed in six months' time. These amendments would force ISPs and telecoms companies to notify customers and authorities when they lose...
[October 28, 2008, 14:48]
