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ZDNet UK community code of conduct
Articles By taking part in the community, you agree to keep to this code of conduct. We ask ZDNet.co.uk members to be considerate and respectful of others, so we can keep the community a great place to meet and exchange ideas.
[July 20, 2007, 16:56]
Internet giants agree Beijing 'code of conduct'
News Just days before the Olympic torch will reach Beijing, internet leaders Google, Yahoo and Microsoft say they are close to an agreement on a code of conduct for doing business in China and other countries that censor the internet.
[August 6, 2008, 10:33]
VeriSign Microsoft Office/Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Code Signing Digital Certificates: Realizing the Possibilities of Internet Software Distribution
White Papers SSL Certificates help give the customers and employees the assurance they need to conduct online transactions. Businesses and organizations of all kinds rely on Web sites, intranets, and extranets to provide access to confidential information and...
[August 4, 2006, 1:00]
Exploit code increases threat of IE flaws
News Secunia also offers users the ability to conduct an online test of their systems to see if they are vulnerable. Three unpatched flaws in Internet Explorer now pose a higher danger, a security company warned, after code to exploit one of the issues...
[January 10, 2005, 7:40]
Industry lambasts snooping law costs
News The UK government is facing a backlash from industry over its draft code of conduct for the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, which gives law enforcement officials the power to tap digital communications.
[April 30, 2002, 17:55]
Searching for a safe ride on the tiger
Leader Being Googlers means striving toward the highest possible standard of ethical business conduct.our core principles won't change, but the specifics might.Excerpt from Google's code of conduct After riding high on the back of its decision to snub US...
[January 25, 2006, 13:05]
Charity sees big loophole in ethical IT code
News The ethical code of conduct launched last week by IT firms including IBM, HP and Dell appears to contain a major loophole that will allow unscrupulous suppliers to wriggle out of its constraints, according to the charity originally highlighted the...
[October 25, 2004, 14:45]
Met officer fined for abusing access privileges
News A Metropolitan Police constable has admitted to three tech-related breaches of the Police Code of Conduct at a misconduct hearing. The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) required the Met to take disciplinary action against the officer for the...
[November 25, 2002, 16:37]
Internet companies 'must respect free speech'
News Press freedom group Reporters without Borders issued a report late last week calling on the US government and US regulators to help develop a voluntary code of conduct for IT companies operating in countries such as China, Tunisia and Burma.
[January 10, 2006, 16:25]
United Nations calls for ISPs to police spammers
News ISPs themselves will be given the first opportunity to draft a code of conduct. The code of conduct would then be submitted to regulators for approval, who would modify it to meet standards of best practice," said Schorr.
[March 9, 2006, 16:55]
Microsoft ruling: EU court statement
News On 23 March, 2004 the European Commission adopted a decision finding that Microsoft had infringed Article 82 of the EC Treaty by abusing its dominant position by engaging in two separate types of conduct.
[September 17, 2007, 10:07]
More cloud tales - what happens on rainy days?
Blog He also suggests an "SaaS Code of Conduct" that promises at least some continuity of service. For all its potential, cloud computing will only work if it has the confidence of its clients, and that means having more than just a code of conduct.
[November 26, 2008, 21:33]
IT vendors exposed over 'sweatshop' factories
News We have implemented a Supplier Code of Conduct that has been rolled out to our top 50 suppliers, and we are working with those suppliers to ensure that their practices meet our code. We will work with them over time to roll out the code of conduct...
[January 27, 2004, 16:50]
E-Commerce law raises liability concerns for ISPs
News Legislation] is not fluid enough -- the technological process is best dealt with by an industry code of conduct as it can change quickly, and would hold well in such a competitive environment. The British government admits that it is considering...
[August 20, 2001, 15:40]
Electronics industry gets ethical
News The new Electronics Industry Code of Conduct governs areas such as labour practices, health and safety and environmental protection. Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Dell joined a host of electronics makers on Thursday in an effort to promote a unified...
[October 22, 2004, 10:00]
Comment quarantined
Talkback @CA Your comment has been quarantined for moderation as it contravenes our code of conduct. For more information on this, please see my blog post: http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10014018o-2000342797b,00.htm
[November 24, 2009, 14:50]
Spam is in the eye of the beholder
Leader We need an industry code of conduct, with voluntary compliance by those who wish to be legitimate. If all the stakeholders agree what is and what is not spam, it's much harder for those who don't agree with the code to legally affect those who do.
[October 12, 2006, 17:10]
Spies target techies with honey traps, warns MI5
Talkback Henceforth, those Brits who don't follow this Code of Conduct are possibly MI6 agents. It's a matter of trade-off. Good news for foreign intelligence circles, isn't it?
[June 17, 2005, 22:27]
Time to get ethical
Leader Nine months on and the three companies singled out in the CAFOD report -- IBM, Dell and HP -- have signed up to a new Electronics Industry Code of Conduct. That Code tackles labour practices, health and safety and environmental protection -- many...
[October 25, 2004, 14:35]
MPs ponder whether 'benign' hacking should be legal
Talkback There would be a code of conduct, with very strict penalties for breaking these. This would make it quite clearcut and make anything outside of what is licensed illegal. It could be worded in such a way that it covers UK people and UK sites, but...
[April 28, 2004, 16:46]
