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Data protection - consumer safeguard or e-commerce gag?
News With consumer data protection at the top of the EU's agenda, this has to be a priority if the Internet is to mature into a thriving global marketplace. He sees this as an antiquated system that has no use to consumer or company.
[October 30, 1998, 14:35]
Microsoft brings copy protection to consumer apps
News In summer 2001, more than a dozen consumer and privacy groups filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission that, in part, alleged the product activation process violated consumer privacy rights.
[January 2, 2003, 15:19]
A Guide to Providing Proactive Protection to Consumer Online Transactions
White Papers This is a guide to help online businesses to proactively protect customers. The whitepaper discusses the impact of the continually growing number of consumers conducting business online, authentication trends, and what can be done by businesses to...
[August 14, 2008, 1:01]
Europe plans crackdown on email scams
News Email scammers will be left with "nowhere to hide" following moves to tighten up European consumer protection, according to the government. The Consumer Protection Co-operation (CPC) regulation, which comes into force this month, will help tackle...
[January 3, 2007, 7:32]
UK Web sites fare badly on consumer rights
News Many European Web sites lack basic such consumer-protection measures as a privacy policy and information about order cancellations, despite EU directives requiring them, according to a new pan-European study.
[April 30, 2003, 16:45]
EC wants software makers held liable for code
News Software companies could be held responsible for the security and efficacy of their products, if a new European Commission consumer protection proposal becomes law. The suggested change in the law is part of an EU action agenda put forward by the...
[May 8, 2009, 16:29]
EU to launch scam crackdown
News The scheme, called the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network, is an Europe-wide network designed to help law-enforcement bodies tackle crooks who defraud victims in one country while operating in another.
[February 26, 2007, 15:06]
European Parliament set to approve roaming cuts
News On Thursday, the European Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, and the Culture and Education Committee, approved a European Commission proposal to reduce international mobile-roaming charges by 70 percent.
[March 22, 2007, 16:11]
Microsoft launches free Security Essentials package
News By making Microsoft Security Essentials easy to get and easy to use, Microsoft hopes to encourage broader adoption of antivirus protection across the consumer audience, which in turn will help increase security across the entire Windows ecosystem...
[September 29, 2009, 16:20]
McAfee unleashes the Falcon
News McAfee has updated its consumer security products, promising integrated protection against a plethora of threats. The product news comes on the same day McAfee said it had fixed a vulnerability in current versions of its consumer security software...
[August 2, 2006, 9:35]
Beta out for next-generation McAfee tools
News McAfee released test versions of two consumer security products on Friday, promising integrated protection that people can install and then forget about. The product will be sold as a service, with the consumer paying a recurring subscription price.
[June 19, 2006, 14:10]
iTunes Music Store DRM bypassed
Talkback Just a passing thought - isn't it interesting that the term "copy-protection" is used in this context, subtly suggesting to the consumer that this is in their best interests, "protection" conjuring warm, safe associations?
[March 21, 2005, 11:18]
Industry still grappling with copy protection tech
News Plans to hard-wire copy protection into popular digital music and video devices are being shelved as the consumer-electronics industry grapples interminably with antipiracy policies, standards and consumer rights.
[March 11, 2003, 14:30]
EU consumer law to defy industry opposition
News The legislation in question is the Rome II treaty -- now in draft form -- which if adopted would allow anybody buying online goods in the EU to have the protection of local consumer law, rather than having to rely on the law of the country where...
[May 18, 2001, 17:38]
Study: US out ahead on e-commerce
News That's according to a University of Utah professor who offered preliminary results on Tuesday of what may be the first study of consumers' experience of international e-commerce at the Federal Trade Commission's "Consumer Protection in the Global...
[June 9, 1999, 9:44]
FTC will back online privacy groups
News David Medine, associate director for financial practices at the FTC's bureau of consumer protection, said the policy would give more clout to the group's seals of approval as more and more consumers become aware of Web-related privacy concerns.
[October 8, 1999, 9:32]
No room for cybersquatters
News Anti cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, which was signed into law on Nov.amid protests from free-speech activists who fear the law will stifle legitimate forms of protest and parody on the Internet.
[March 27, 2000, 12:13]
A Year Ago: FTC will back online privacy groups
News David Medine, associate director for financial practices at the FTC's bureau of consumer protection, said the policy would give more clout to the group's seals of approval as more and more consumers become aware of Web-related privacy concerns.
[October 9, 2000, 7:02]
OFT in the hunt for scammers
News Over 20 trading standards departments in the UK are taking part in a worldwide campaign that involves 53 consumer protection agencies from 21 countries. The OFT is conducting the sweep with international partners throughout the International...
[March 2, 2006, 15:40]
Microsoft announces imminent security release
News Microsoft is already testing Windows OneCare, the consumer counterpart of the newly announced Client Protection product. Part of it is based on our consumer anti-spyware product," Chan said, speaking at the Virus Bulletin International Conference...
[October 6, 2005, 17:15]
