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Consultation on privacy promised for new year
News The Home Office is to publish a consultation paper in the new year to help gauge how much electronic invasion of privacy the public is willing to accept. Giving evidence, a Home Office official said, "We are looking to publish very early in the New...
[December 19, 2002, 13:37]
SMEs feeling excluded from EC patent consultation
News An intellectual-property campaign group has criticised the way the European Commission is handling a public consultation on the patent system, claiming that it has "serious flaws". In January, the EC launched a consultation that invites individuals...
[March 9, 2006, 11:55]
MPs extend deadline for public DRM consultation
News More details on the consultation and how to submit evidence can be found on the APIG Web site. An inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) into the issues surrounding digital rights management (DRM) has extended its deadline for...
[January 11, 2006, 13:50]
SMEs feeling excluded from EC patent consultation
Talkback The European Software Association would like to commend the European Commission on its openness in inviting all interested parties to take part in its important consultation process on patents. The Association, which represents European small and...
[March 14, 2006, 15:47]
Government limits consultation on child protection law
News The Home Office has been criticised for excluding public interest groups from its initial consultation period on a new law designed to criminalise the "grooming" of children in Internet chatrooms. But cyber-liberty groups have lambasted the Home...
[September 7, 2001, 8:30]
EC launches public consultation on RFID
News The European Commission has kicked off an online public consultation on how it can make sure the growing use of RFID tags and related technology boosts European competitiveness and improves quality of life — while at the same time ensuring privacy...
[July 4, 2006, 15:25]
DTI opens second consultation on e-signatures
News The release of the second consultation paper has been delayed since July, through the need to relate provisions contained within the EU Directive to English and Scottish law. The new document, published on Friday, includes a summary of the last...
[February 1, 2002, 17:06]
Ofcom launches fibre-access consultation
News Ofcom has issued a consultation paper to identify how and when the UK should upgrade its broadband access. In a statement released on Wednesday, the Broadband Stakeholder Group welcomed Ofcom's consultation but it warned that "there may be a need...
[September 26, 2007, 15:17]
Airport workers demand ID card consultation
News Airport workers are calling for consultation over plans to make them first in line for ID cards. Unite, the union which represents workers in the civil air transport sector, wants "full consultation" with airport group BAA after it was revealed it...
[February 21, 2008, 7:38]
MPs launch DRM consultation
Talkback First things first. In what ways will DRM stand in contrast to already existing laws and (civil) rights? What are the (legal) requirements of DRM to work and in what way does that relate to existing laws and (civil) rights?
[November 15, 2005, 20:38]
Mobile phone masts to face public consultation
Talkback We dispute the Company's assertion that' expansive' local consultation took place. I am representing WARM, Whitton Against Radiation Masts, and we are protesting against the erection of 3 new 3G masts on a site at the end of our children's school...
[November 28, 2003, 10:49]
SMEs feeling excluded from EC patent consultation
Talkback Yes completely true what is written about EICTA. They represent small, medium and LARGE companies. Includig Microsoft. And lets not fool our selfs. Microosoft makes not secret of there software patents plans.
[March 9, 2006, 22:07]
SMEs feeling excluded from EC patent consultation
Talkback The European Union is constructed upside down. Instead of the elected parliamentarians propsosing and creating legislation with the bureaucrats implementing it, things are the other way round. The unelected bureacrats come up with legislation and...
[March 10, 2006, 13:03]
MPs launch DRM consultation
Talkback First things first. In what ways will DRM stand in contrast to already existing laws and (civil) rights? What are the (legal) requirements of DRM to work and in what way does that relate to existing laws and (civil) rights?
[November 15, 2005, 21:28]
MPs launch DRM consultation
Talkback First things first. In what ways will DRM stand in contrast to already existing laws and (civil) rights? What are the (legal) requirements of DRM to work and in what way does that relate to existing laws and (civil) rights?
[November 15, 2005, 20:40]
Consultation Paper on the Introduction of Wireless Systems Using Ultra-Wideband Technology
White Papers It has been the Canadian experience that consumers and business have a strong interest in adopting new wireless products and in having access to the latest technology and applications, so as to increase productivity and improve the standard of...
[February 17, 2006, 0:01]
Mobile phone masts to face public consultation
News Local people will be given a greater say in the siting of all mobile phone masts, under changes to the planning system announced last Friday. The changes -- to the planning rules which govern the erection of mobile phone masts -- are a response to...
[March 20, 2001, 6:10]
MPs launch DRM consultation
News The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) is taking a closer look at digital rights management (DRM). The group, which aims to promote discussion between politicians and the new media industries, has launched an inquiry into the issues...
[November 15, 2005, 14:30]
Ofcom seeks public feedback on mobile issues
News Telecoms regulator Ofcom has launched a consultation aimed at exploring how the mobile industry is serving UK citizens and consumers. The consultation will also consider ways to extend the coverage of mobile networks — both to address 2G 'not spots...
[September 1, 2008, 8:40]
DTI seeks views on the shape of ICANN
News The wide-ranging consultation includes the curiously phrased question of whether the reformed organisation should be a "thick" or a "thin" body. Following on from this, the questions raised in the current DTI consultation document include...
[June 6, 2002, 11:52]
