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ID Card Proposal 'falls Short Of Data Laws'
News The UK's Information Commissioner believes the government's proposals for a national entitlement card are so widely drawn that "it is impossible to conclude that the necessary privacy and data protection safeguards will be in place.
[February 13, 2003, 15:21]
Privacy Watchdog May Get Powers To Raid
News The UK's privacy watchdog could get new powers to raid organisations under government proposals to "sharpen its teeth". The government launched its consultation on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) powers and funding following the Data...
[July 18, 2008, 8:30]
Government Wants Your View On Smart Cards
News The government on Thursday launched draft proposals for the introduction of smart cards as a way of pushing its electronic government agenda. The consultation on the government's proposals will run for three months.
[July 31, 2003, 15:25]
Core Training Aims To Fill The Skills Gap
News Core ICT training is at the heart of government proposals to bridge the UK's skills gap and turn out better qualified and more highly skilled school leavers into the workplace. Employers' views will form part of the working group's final...
[March 22, 2004, 14:30]
Spam Under Fire From UK Government
News Internet and mobile phone users will be better protected from spam under proposals unveiled on Thursday, the UK government believes. Interested parties have until 19 June to submit their views on the government's proposals.
[March 27, 2003, 13:28]
New Homes To Be Primed For Broadband
News Builders could be forced to make all new homes broadband-friendly by installing cable ducts and chambers into the fabric of the building if government proposals published earlier this month become law.
[March 24, 2003, 16:47]
Government Wakes Up To Rogue-dialler Problem
News Rogue firms that trick Internet users into using premium rate numbers to connect to the Web could be hit with fines of up to £250,000 under new government proposals. The current fine for such tricks stands at £100,000 but the government is...
[June 29, 2005, 16:00]
Gov't: Comms Database May Not Deter Serious Crime
News Powers to monitor the UK's email and internet records will be of limited use in tackling serious crime, the government has admitted. Consultation papers released this week show the government wants to keep the "who", "when" and "where" of...
[August 14, 2008, 8:39]
A Year Ago: Encryption U-turn Slammed As Naive And Foolish
News The proposals are comparable with the US government's much maligned encryption policy - a policy Whitehouse officials recently admitted is "a failure". The government's plan for encryption policy, unveiled yesterday, has been condemned as a naive...
[April 28, 1999, 7:03]
Government Attacks EC's 'dangerous' Online Media Plans
News The EC wants to extend them to cover online audio-visual content, including new media broadcasting and emerging technological platforms.The UK Government called the proposals "ill thought-through and ill-conceived" on Thursday, and said that the...
[June 29, 2006, 16:05]
Privacy In The UK: Where Next?
News Thurs 19 Dec: Following outrage at proposals that would let a wide range of government agencies access personal data, the Home Office is to launch a public consultation Fri 13 Dec: The scale of requests from government authorities already accessing...
[December 19, 2002, 14:24]
Are 'Baby Bills' In Your Future?
News The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that government remedy proposals would require Microsoft to divest itself of its Office division, leaving the company holding its operating system and consumer/Internet divisions.
[April 25, 2000, 9:00]
Security Experts Criticise Government Database Plans
News Day also had technical concerns with the government plans, including proposals to allow the databases to be accessed over the internet. The second government initiative worrying security experts is this week's proposals to relax data-sharing laws...
[January 19, 2007, 11:28]
Labour Tech Tsar Attacks Gov't Comms-database Plan
News The Labour chairman of an influential technology group has warned that government plans to monitor UK email and internet records could collect to much data to be useful. According to consultation papers released in August, the government wants to...
[September 5, 2008, 8:21]
Ofcom Paving Bill Published
News A draft Communications Bill, containing the Government's proposals for Ofcom's regulatory framework, is due to be published in this session of Parliament. But the government has stated that the Bill will not be enforced before 2003, and is making...
[July 16, 2001, 13:58]
Encryption U-turn Slammed As Naive And Foolish
News The proposals are comparable with the US government's much maligned encryption policy - a policy Whitehouse officials recently admitted is "a failure". By implementing this undeniable U-turn, the government is making a target of these Trusted...
[April 28, 1998, 15:05]
Rocky Road Ahead For Ofcom
News The government has published a white paper outlining the responsibilites of the new regulator and industry has until 12 February to respond to the proposals. The government admits there will be "conflicts" and "trade-offs" between the broadcasting...
[January 23, 2001, 10:35]
ID Cards 'alarm' Information Commissioner
News The UK's data-protection chief is increasingly worried about how the government intends to operate its national identity card scheme Although it would contain significant amounts of personal information that would be accessible to others, the...
[June 9, 2004, 13:55]
E-bill Reverses Burden Of Proof, Says Expert
News Under government proposals, the police will have the power to demand individuals hand over decryption keys if they are under suspicion. Alan Duncan, shadow spokesman of Trade and Industry, gave an example of how government proposals could affect...
[September 23, 1999, 15:44]
Pentagon Database To Spy On Americans
News Nearly 200 corporations and universities submitted proposals to the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency, according to government documents brought to light by a privacy group on Thursday. On 20 February, as part of a large spending bill for...
[February 28, 2003, 11:36]
