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News Burst: Human Rights Act Protects Workplace Privacy
News Businesses monitoring their employees' email and Internet usage could be infringing the new Human Rights Act (HRA) published Monday, which codifies a person's right to privacy and private correspondence.
[October 3, 2000, 10:38]
Roundup: Human Rights And Government Cybersnooping
News The Human Rights Act (HRA), which passed into law Monday, codifies a person's right to privacy and private correspondence, but privacy experts fear that its impact may not be recognised in cyberspace.
[October 6, 2000, 11:23]
Human Rights Issues Related To The Patenting Of Human Biological Material
White Papers A rigourous analysis of human rights issues can help take the debate toward a more compreh A patent holder does not own the invention, but it must be determined whether the property interests of a patent holder might entail sufficient control that...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
RIPA And Human Rights Act Conflict
News The government's controversial RIP Act violates the right to privacy within the workplace under the new Human Rights Act, according to legal experts Tuesday. Businesses monitoring their employees' email and Internet usage could be infringing the...
[October 3, 2000, 12:49]
Emergency Data Laws 'break Human Rights Act'
News Emergency data retention measures are likely to break European human rights laws, a joint Parliamentary committee said on Friday. But this may be incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), said the House of Lords and House of...
[November 16, 2001, 16:27]
DefCon: Hacking For Human Rights
News Human rights activists put out a call to hackers here to help get the word out about their cause -- not by having them deface sites, but by creating applications that can help the organisations manage data.
[July 17, 2001, 9:50]
Computer Crime Treaty Threatens Human Rights
News An international coalition of 28 human rights and civil liberties groups has called on the Council of Europe to alter its draft treaty on International cybercrime, warning that the agreement could violate the European Convention on Human Rights...
[October 19, 2000, 7:41]
The Political Economy Of Human Rights: Transnational Corporations
White Papers Also increasingly recognized is the good or ill they can do for human rights, especially labor rights. The public regulation of TNCs, especially for social reasons like human rights, has long been problematical.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
China Human Rights Site Cracked
News The Web site of the Chinese Society for Human Rights, a state-run organization, was launched Monday, and contained links to government documents and other officially-sanctioned articles. The page also contained links to Amnesty International and...
[October 28, 1998, 9:12]
Dignity Counts: A Guide To Using Budget Analysis To Advance Human Rights
White Papers Respecting the human rights of its people should be one of a government's highest priorities, if not the highest priority, and it can do many things to meet its rights obligations. Sometimes respecting human rights even involves a government in not...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Can You Expect Human Rights Online?
News The Human Rights Act is expected to bring new legal standards for citizens in Britain, but human rights experts fear that its impact may not be felt in cyberspace. Rather than respecting human rights, the government is moving towards a very...
[October 5, 2000, 15:09]
Faster Access To Information And More Reliable E-Mail Speeds Resolution Of Human Rights Issues
White Papers The Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission is harnessing the new Microsoft Office System to streamline information access for its 115 employees. Faster and more reliable access to e-mail - which accounts for up to 80 per cent of the work...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Digital Spying Under Scrutiny - Threat To Human Rights
News Spying on electronic communications by international agencies should be seen as a breach of human rights according to a five page proposal being considered by the European Parliament. According to reports, the proposal suggests that treaties and...
[April 13, 2000, 12:03]
ID Cards Labelled As Human Rights Threat
News The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has published its report into the implications of the Identity Cards Bill -- and says the legislation "raise[s] a number of serious questions" on human rights.
[February 3, 2005, 14:25]
News Burst: Human Rights Act Protects Workplace Privacy
Talkback I found your article very interesting does this apply to the uk
[August 13, 2005, 11:24]
News Burst: Human Rights Act Protects Workplace Privacy
Talkback is there a law preventing employers getting in touch with employees whilst they are off work sick
[November 11, 2004, 18:01]
RIPA Surveillance May Break Human Rights Laws
News The powers, introduced by an upcoming provision of the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), passed two years ago, may violate human rights laws because of a loophole under which law enforcement agencies may access data that...
[July 31, 2002, 16:43]
Software Licence Tied To Human Rights
News Crafted by Hacktivismo, a hacking group organised by the Cult of the Dead Cow, the Hacktivismo enhanced-source software licence agreement (HESSLA) says that anyone using code released under it must respect privacy, free expression, due process and...
[November 28, 2002, 8:22]
Amnesty Condemns Tech Firms Over Human Rights
Talkback Regardless of whether their products were customised or not, Cisco's defence that "it is our users, not Cisco, that determine the applications that they deploy" is a bit like an arms manufacturer saying that they have no responsibility for how...
[July 6, 2006, 12:22]
RIPA Surveillance May Break Human Rights Laws
Talkback This is a direct violation of my human rights as well as an intrusion into my personal privacy. Dear Sir/Madam. For some time now I have been under surveillance. My flat has bugging devices in the form of wall socket transmitters, which were...
[June 21, 2006, 12:09]
