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The legacy of Microsoft's 1994 consent decree
News News.com: What is the legacy of the 1994 consent decree? How many of the current complaints against Microsoft can be traced back to either the wording of that consent decree, its limits or the issues raised by it?
[July 13, 2004, 16:00]
On the Management of Consent and Revocation in Enterprises: Setting the Context
White Papers The aim of this paper is to set the context for the management of consent and revocation in enterprises, create awareness and so pave the way towards better and improved practices in this area. A number of international laws and regulations mandate...
[May 1, 2009, 1:18]
US moots parental consent for P2P
News A bill introduced on Thursday in Congress would require file-swapping companies to get parental permission before allowing minors to use their services. The bill, called the Protecting Children from Peer-to-Peer Pornography (P4) Act and sponsored...
[July 28, 2003, 9:34]
iSoft takes legal action against CSC
News iSoft has started legal action over Computer Sciences Corporation's refusal to consent to its acquisition by Australian healthcare provider IBA Health. But last week's news that the CSC is blocking the takeover has raised fresh doubts about the...
[June 5, 2007, 12:44]
Antitrust regulators want a less 'grudging' Microsoft
News Microsoft has made some progress developing a set of documents required as part of its antitrust consent decree, but the work could be accomplished much more quickly if the company took on a less grudging attitude, state and federal antitrust...
[September 26, 2008, 9:54]
Why Turing matters
Blog Comment The 'common consent' was that which powered the indecency laws, rather than the change in that consent which has happened subsequently. I do think that there is a huge cultural change - and one, moreover, that was led by the actions of people like...
[September 11, 2009, 11:49]
Why Turing matters
Blog Comment "By common consent"? There are plenty of countries in the world, including some that we count as our strongest allies (like the US), where the consent is a long way from common, and plenty that we seem happy to sell weapons to where the consensus...
[September 11, 2009, 15:40]
One in five employers snoop on staff email
News One in five employers may be snooping on their staff emails without informing them or gaining their consent, according to a new report published Tuesday. The new Lawful Business Practices Regulations -- part of the Regulation of Investigatory...
[January 17, 2001, 12:10]
A Year Ago: DOJ asks for $1m a day fine on Microsoft
News Microsoft Corp.is in violation of its 1995 consent decree. According to the department, the consent decree stated that Microsoft was prohibited from forcing computer makers to license any other Microsoft product as a condition of licensing Windows 95.
[October 20, 1998, 6:29]
Microsoft probed on Linux retaliation
News The Massachusetts attorney general's office is investigating whether Microsoft tried to squash Linux in violation of the consent decree settling the company's landmark antitrust case. Microsoft's compliance is being closely monitored, and the...
[July 8, 2003, 7:56]
BT conducted?
Talkback It gained customer consent for the September 2008 trials.did you mean to say BT have said they _ARE_ currently _CONDUCTING_ a trial of the data packet interception for profit ? they (both BT and the Phorm PR teams)have indeed said they had started...
[October 16, 2008, 14:46]
Google accused of bio-piracy
Talkback Whether or not genomic information is available for free or not is not the point - the important point is facilitating access to highly personal information without consent.when you download a document from the internet (via google) you have the...
[March 31, 2006, 0:34]
EC acts against UK over data protection
News The action was initiated on Tuesday, following complaints over BT's trials — carried out in 2006 and 2007 without user consent — of technology from the behavioural advertising company Phorm. Under those rules, EU countries have to ensure the...
[April 14, 2009, 16:53]
Vista marketing sparks antitrust complaints
News Government antitrust attorneys said on Wednesday that they continue to receive complaints from hardware makers and other companies about Microsoft's business practices, even as the software giant has stepped up its efforts to co-operate with the...
[January 29, 2009, 8:12]
Amazon refuses to be tracked by Phorm
News Its technology is currently being trialled under the name 'Webwise' by BT, with the users' consent. However, BT's first two Phorm trials, carried out in 2006 and 2007, did not have user consent, and on Tuesday, the UK government's failure to...
[April 15, 2009, 17:00]
Microsoft settles over Passport privacy
News The proposed consent order prohibits any misrepresentation of information practices in connection with Passport. Microsoft must also have its security programme certified as meeting or exceeding the standards in the consent order by an independent...
[August 8, 2002, 14:31]
PC makers attack new Windows fees
News As part of the Consent Decree, Microsoft must offer the same licensing terms to the top 20 PC makers. Under the new agreements, which Microsoft began putting into place late last year to satisfy the Consent Decree between the company and the...
[February 22, 2002, 12:12]
Peer protests BT's Phorm trials
News In order for the technology to be legal, there needs to be consent [from everybody involved]. Miller was protesting against what she characterised as "illegal" trials of the technology, which were performed without gaining BT customers' consent.
[July 18, 2008, 11:52]
Bulldog users bite back over poor service
Talkback You are not allowed to run a switch transaction on someone else's account without their express consent. BULLDOG NEVER RECEIVED THAT CONSENT FROM ME, EVER. CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT? Who wants to start one?
[April 6, 2006, 2:21]
Still an open range for junk faxes in California
Talkback A) to make any call (other than a call made for emergency purposes or made with the prior express consent of the called party) using any automatic telephone dialing system or an artificial or prerecorded voice— i) to any emergency telephone line...
[December 24, 2005, 7:51]
