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Email snooping code suffers 'unnecessary' delays
News At a conference on the subject in London yesterday, the Information Commissioner Elizabeth France was criticised for applying too onerous an interpretation of data protection principles. However, in the draft Code of Practice the Commissioner...
[May 2, 2001, 13:22]
Home Office wins Internet Villain award
News Elizabeth France, who was present to collect her award, said the decision was "a sign of the maturity of the industry that it can choose as a hero someone who is one of its regulators. If Internet Villain is the nadir of awards then the zenith is...
[February 14, 2002, 13:12]
Information commissioner leaves post empty
News Information commissioner Elizabeth France, a champion of privacy rights in the UK and beyond, has stepped down from her post two months early to take up her new role as the UK's first telecoms ombudsman.
[October 8, 2002, 16:21]
New information commissioner named
News A top lawyer from City law firm Clifford Chance has been named to take over as information commissioner when Elizabeth France steps down later this year. Last December France publicly criticised the home secretary David Blunkett over his...
[July 26, 2002, 9:58]
Information commissioner to quit
News The information commissioner, Elizabeth France, is to quit her watchdog position later this year, following weeks of disagreement with the home secretary over his controversial anti-terror legislation.
[January 3, 2002, 11:18]
Data protection chief swipes out at spying Bill
News Britain's data protection commissioner Elizabeth France hit out at the government's controversial cyber-surveillance bill Wednesday. Speaking at a conference in London, France says there should be far greater accountability for those given powers...
[June 14, 2000, 16:30]
UK government scoops 'Internet Villain' nominations
News The nominations for Internet hero go to Broadband4Britain.com, to the information commissioner Elizabeth France and to Caspar Bowden of the Foundation for Information Policy Research. Broadband4Britain.com is a campaigning site, while both France...
[January 17, 2002, 16:58]
Business should 'use privacy laws, not abuse them'
News Privacy legislation need not hold back the deployment of CRM systems or other data-centric business plans, the information commissioner, Elizabeth France, told the CRM Summit in Warwickshire yesterday.
[January 31, 2002, 11:52]
France battles on for data privacy
News She may no longer be the UK's information commissioner, but Elizabeth France is still fighting to make sure that companies don't abuse the privacy of their customers. France is now the UK's first telecommunications ombudsman, and on Thursday she...
[October 24, 2002, 15:53]
Privacy tsar: Data protection should be 'way of life'
News Richard Thomas, 53, formerly the director of public policy at law firm Clifford Chance, took over from Elizabeth France in December 2002, and having got to grips with his new job, he on Tuesday stressed the importance of striking this balance...
[January 8, 2003, 9:52]
Dot-coms come under data protection scrutiny
News Information commissioner Elizabeth France is keen to establish the extent to which Internet companies are now adhering to her code of practice when compiling personal information on customers. The Office of the Information Commissioner has launched...
[January 9, 2002, 13:13]
EU Council agrees to Internet snooping proposals
News But the move is seen as a threat to civil liberties by, among others, the EU data protection working party and Elizabeth France, the UK's Information Commissioner (formerly the Data Protection Commissioner).
[June 28, 2001, 11:33]
MP wins Internet Hero award
News Other nominees for the Internet Hero award were last year's winner Elizabeth France, the former information commissioner, Secretary of State David Blunkett's son Hugh, APIG, and Home Office official Simon Watkin, who ended up collecting the...
[February 21, 2003, 8:36]
Internet villain nominees revealed
News Other individuals shortlisted for Internet Hero include: last year's winner Elizabeth France, for her work on data retention legislation while she was information commissioner; Richard Allan, Liberal MP for Sheffield Hallam "for ongoing support...
[December 23, 2002, 8:31]
Email interception law faces more delays
News The idea of a data warehouse has been suggested, but Elizabeth France, the Information Commissioner, ruled this out as "highly dangerous". A key part of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) that will force ISPs to store Internet...
[March 1, 2002, 14:48]
Information commissioner slams European data initiative
News Elizabeth France, the information commissioner, has heated up the European debate over police powers to snoop on communication traffic data and location data, warning that access to this data by law enforcement authorities should be "limited to...
[July 13, 2001, 16:44]
Information Commission lambasts anti-terror bill
News But the information commissioner, Elizabeth France, has severe reservations about the proposal's compliance with Article 8 of the Human Rights Act, and is wary of implementing a voluntary mechanism that will be replaced with an imposed order if...
[November 14, 2001, 13:51]
Events Diary
News Application Development '99: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London. Bluetooth '99: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London. E-commerce Forum: Monaco, France.e-Business Expo '99, London. 25-27 Internet World UK Spring '99: Earl's Court...
[May 24, 1999, 7:12]
Events Diary
News Application Development '99: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London. Bluetooth '99: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London. E-commerce Forum: Monaco, France.e-Business Expo '99, London. 20 ATM Essentials : Cutlers Gardens, London EC2
[May 17, 1999, 6:20]
Events Diary
News Application Development '99: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London Bluetooth '99: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London E-commerce Forum: Monaco, France e-Business Expo '99, London. 20-21 Intranet Expo '99: Olympia 2, London
[April 26, 1999, 6:00]
