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Privacy International director launches 80/20
Blog Simon Davies, who has been involved with campaigning on privacy issues for a number of years, is launching a privacy consultancy firm called 80/20. Davies, who is also a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics, is trying a new tack to...
[May 20, 2008, 14:05]
A Year Ago: Government panel recommends digital poll tax
News The row over the future of digital TV -- described as the fourth broadcasting revolution -- hotted up Thurday as the government-appointed Davies panel recommended an increase in the licence fee for digital viewers.
[August 8, 2000, 7:06]
Semantic web on verge of commercial viability
News That's according to John Davies, head of next-generation web research at BT, who told ZDNet.co.uk's sister site, silicon.com: "We've really seen the emergence of semantic web from the research lab. Davies explained there is now a greater focus on...
[August 12, 2008, 9:08]
Privacy International demands Yahoo boycott
News Simon Davies, director of PI, described Yahoo's actions a "reprehensible" on Wednesday. Western companies are increasingly cutting deals with the Chinese government to serve their shareholders' interests at the expense of ethical governance," said...
[September 7, 2005, 17:15]
Privacy advocates confident about ID card defeat
News Speaking to ZDNet UK on Tuesday, Simon Davies, the director of Privacy International, said his organisation is not actively campaigning against the newly introduced ID Card bill, as it is confident that the LSE report will be enough to put an end...
[May 17, 2005, 17:55]
News Burst: Government to raise TV rates
News At the time the panel -- headed by economist Gavyn Davies -- sparked controversy by proposing an extra £24 for digital viewers. Turning his back on the recommendations of the Davies panel, culture secretary Chris Smith has decided to impose a three...
[February 22, 2000, 10:45]
Broadcasters question BBC's role in digital age
News At the time, the government-appointed panel -- headed by economist Gavyn Davies -- sparked controversy by proposing an extra £24 for digital viewers. Turning his back on the recommendations of the Davies panel, Culture Secretary Chris Smith has...
[February 22, 2000, 11:48]
Shut Amazon down, say privacy groups
News Director of Privacy International Simon Davies says that when challenged Amazon confirmed it is unable to supply customers with their personal data or have that data deleted, as required by the Data Protection Act.
[December 5, 2000, 8:13]
Government snooping will hurt e-commerce
News People will use the Internet with more neurosis, if they think they are being snooped on," said Simon Davies, founder of human rights pressure group Privacy International, whose research with the London School of Economics produced the £4.6bn figure.
[September 28, 2001, 9:27]
Big Brother turns its eye to Gmail
News Google is "a potential winner", particularly as it has resisted discussion with pressure groups such as Privacy International, according to Simon Davies, director of Privacy International. Any attempts we have made to meet Google have been rebuffed...
[June 21, 2004, 15:40]
Stupid Security prize relaunched
News They are being staged again, according to PI director Simon Davies, in response to a sharp rise in "pointless, intrusive, stupid and self-serving" security measures. The situation has become ridiculous," said Davies in a statement.
[August 22, 2006, 13:30]
3 to make amends for poor 3G coverage
News Hugh Davies, 3's director of corporate affairs, said customers will not be held to their contract if their local 3G service from 3, which has some of the most extensive broadband coverage in the UK, is not meeting the operator's internal standards.
[November 30, 2009, 15:51]
BBC launches open-source video technology
News Lead developer Dr Thomas Davies, who founded the project three years ago, has MPEG2, Windows Media Player in his sights. Davies was keen to stress that he is not seeking to create a product, but rather a tool that other developers can use to build...
[October 6, 2004, 12:50]
Emergency response team picks open source telephony
News Steve Davies, the co-founder and director of Connection Telecom, told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that Asterisk is being used to connect the response team and key decision makers, and will cover around 70 workstations.
[February 8, 2006, 9:55]
MoD pays £150m for soldier tech
Blog It is the infantry soldier that bears the brunt [of the fighting] and takes the losses," defence equipment minister Quentin Davies told a press conference on Tuesday. Davies told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that the MoD "have very good financial contracts".
[September 8, 2009, 17:35]
Privacy International cries foul over ID cards
News It should accept that an extension of the consultation period is squarely in the public interest," said Privacy International's director, Simon Davies, in a statement. A number of representatives of business, welfare and political groups have...
[January 30, 2003, 17:55]
Pan-European Géant network gets €93m funding
News These functions were previously outsourced, according to Dante general manager Dai Davies. The Cambridge-based Dante NOC will employ 10 people and will focus on troubleshooting network problems and scheduling and managing planned maintenance and...
[December 4, 2009, 15:26]
Europe stumbles on Echelon spy network
News The real issue is the maturing of public perception," says Simon Davies, director of UK-based Privacy International. In the UK the story was picked up by The Daily Telegraph, which ran an article by Davies on Wright's paper, and conveyed to the...
[March 28, 2002, 17:40]
Log on with the Microsoft Internet toilet
News Jeremy Davies, an analyst with market research firm Context, suggested that the iLoo is just an updating of a current habit among many visitors to the smallest room. Reading in the loo is a traditional English pastime," said Davies, though he...
[May 8, 2003, 8:44]
Privacy watchdog guns for Amazon and Friends Reunited
News There is a way out, but you have to hit it lucky," said Simon Davies, director of Privacy International. You have to go from the help page, where a small number of users may fluke [finding] it," Davies told ZDNet UK.
[September 28, 2006, 16:15]
