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Shoppers blocked from buying across EU borders
News The European Commission has called for more progress to be made on simplifying cross-border online shopping, after its research found that 6 out of 10 shoppers who tried to make purchases from another country had the transaction blocked.
[October 23, 2009, 17:59]
OECD guidelines target international spam
News New suggested government guidelines for protecting consumers from cross-border fraud could spell bad news for fraudulent spammers. Cross-border fraud, perpetrated through telemarketing, Web sites and spam, harms consumers and consumer confidence in...
[June 18, 2003, 7:41]
Skype handles around 8pc of int'l voice calls
Blog According to the data, released on Tuesday, standard cross-border telephone traffic reached 384 billion minutes in 2008, representing growth of 12 percent over the previous year. Only five years after its launch, Skype has emerged as the largest...
[March 25, 2009, 12:15]
Comdex: Euro will create e-business super state
News Firms who wish to trade cross-border have to be able to handle dual pricing, conversion via the Euro, different tax regimes, and major price and cost differences across the continent -- all of which will still exist in 2002, the date set for phase...
[November 17, 1998, 7:47]
Coulds gathering over Europe, but the outlook's gloomy
Talkback Unlike the US where there is one unified single market and a positively reinforced entrepreneurial culture, Europe is a collection of cultures and markets dominated by multiple national (or regional) champions which inevitably slow any cross...
[July 10, 2009, 18:04]
UK signs up to international anti-spam agreement
News The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) have joined forces with the US Federal Trade Commission, the UK Department of Trade and Industry, the UK Information Commissioner and the...
[July 5, 2004, 10:40]
US firms fight Euro data protection laws
News The GPA wants several significant changes to be made to EU privacy laws -- the simplification of the cross-border flow of data, possibly through industry self-regulation rather than legislation; the harmonisation of EU privacy regulation between...
[September 30, 2002, 16:29]
Europe plans crackdown on email scams
News Previously, wide differences in the structures and methods of enforcement authorities have hampered prosecutions, but the new regulations require enforcement bodies to help each other by exchanging information and co-operating on cross-border cases.
[January 3, 2007, 7:32]
G8 nations team up to fight cyber-crime
News The cross-border nature of computer networks makes it relatively easy for offenders to store information in other jurisdictions and to move or erase it quickly to elude seizure. They also want to improve cross border communication and co-operation...
[May 18, 2000, 11:03]
O2 soothes Ireland's roaming woes
News This is a serious issue for mobile phone users in both localities, who face much larger bills for calls or data services if they cross - or in some areas just get close to - the border. Some mobile users who live close to the border have even been...
[February 9, 2006, 12:10]
UK, US, Russia, China - surveillance blackspots
Blog Having no written constitution is going to give the UK a low score for privacy, but we are also world leaders in having some of the worst records for government data sharing, visual surveillance, communications interception, and surveillance of...
[January 2, 2008, 17:32]
Does offshoring or outsourcing increase the data privacy challenge?
Blog For those professionals working in multi-national organisations, the topic of cross border data movement and data protection zones are not new. The offshoring and outsourcing risk assessment may then reveal that existing cross border and service...
[June 22, 2009, 10:56]
Roaming caps legal, advises EU advocate general
News Poiares Maduro advised that the roaming caps were necessary to remove "restrictions to free movement arising from the behaviour of private parties which disfavours cross-border economic activity". The differences in price between calls made within...
[October 2, 2009, 15:02]
Compliance: Tech's 'uncomfortable' future
News As to what the Directive actually comprises, however, can be broken down into four main headings — organisational requirements; conduct of business (including best execution); markets and transparency; and cross-border business.
[March 20, 2006, 12:50]
Law enforcement on a borderless Web
News Several nations are trying to sort out cross-border Net issues with treaties, but it's been a divisive battle. Certainly, conflicts over jurisdiction have been around for centuries, but the Internet introduces a new set of questions about how to...
[June 2, 2002, 7:31]
New age rating system for games in Europe
News It also meets the European Commission's twin objectives: of making it easy for businesses to sell cross-border and domestically, also making consumers feel as comfortable shopping cross-border too. The ISFE announces plans for new voluntary age...
[October 25, 2002, 12:19]
New global treaty could pose threat to the Net
News A glimpse of the cross-border problem was already seen in the Yahoo! However, because the Web allows companies to sell items and services to people in foreign countries without requiring them to leave home, it promises to spawn a legal tangle some...
[June 22, 2001, 15:43]
EU plays catch-up with US at dot com summit
News A major concern highlighted by the survey was the difficulty in cross-border hiring, with 78 expressing concern at the complexity and red tape involved and the same number saying that easier cross-border recruiting would help solve the problem.
[March 22, 2001, 14:04]
Regulating Mobile Money in Nigeria
Blog Aside the licensing of Mobile money operators in Nigeria, the regulator should Endeavour to put in place a money laundering mechanism that will enable them monitor cross border transfer as such that the mobile is not used as a channel to abuse...
[March 13, 2009, 8:34]
Expert warns of cracks in e-Borders security
News A UK Border Agency spokesman said the approach of checking passenger details before they travel to Britain had already proved its worth. The UK Border Agency has a network of immigration liaison officers working closely with airlines and...
[March 30, 2009, 17:06]
