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Jack Straw tipped for top cybersnoop award
News Home secretary Jack Straw is hotly tipped to receive a "Big Brother" award from civil liberty groups following his introduction of Internet snooping regulations in the UK this year. According to Simon Davies, head of Privacy International (the...
[November 30, 2000, 9:02]
Jack Straw wins coveted Menace Award
News Home secretary Jack Straw scooped a lifetime cybersnoop award from civil rights groups Monday for his role in implementing new Internet surveillance laws in Britain. Now it could be argued that Britain is one of the foremost surveillance countries...
[December 5, 2000, 11:53]
Mobile phones: Jack Straw is wrong - BT Cellnet
News The Home Secretary Jack Straw is over reacting to figures that suggest mobile phones are being targeted by thieves and his facts are out of date. A BT Cellnet spokeswoman told ZDNet: "Jack Straw shouldn't imply that mobile companies aren't talking...
[January 11, 2001, 8:38]
Surveillance: An open letter to Jack Straw
News It highlights an embarrassing flaw in the government's proposals for monitoring email communication and even promises Mr Straw a prison sentence for his troubles. Dear Mr Straw, The following is a copy of the letter sent to Jack Staw today by some...
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
Government to rethink data-sharing plans
News Justice secretary Jack Straw has approached the cabinet to withdraw the clause from the Coroners and Justice Bill, a Ministry of Justice spokesperson told ZDNet UK on Monday. But I'd be reluctant to be gung-ho — it's conceivable that the cabinet...
[March 9, 2009, 14:50]
Surveillance: Straw petitioned on commerce bill controversy
News In a stunt organised by the civil liberties group Stand, The Home Secretary Jack Straw was sent details to a crime Sunday that could earn him up to two years in prison if the controversial e-commerce bill were made law.
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
High tech crime chief calls for new Internet laws
News Bill Hughes voiced his concerns during the launch of the UK's National High-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) on Wednesday, which was attended by home secretary Jack Straw. Launching the new NHTCU, home secretary Jack Straw voiced his conviction that "a...
[April 18, 2001, 14:21]
Surveillance: A special report
News And: An open letter to Jack Straw Home Secretary Jack Straw will get a wake-up call on the e-communications bill this morning -- and civil liberties organisation Stand hope it will be the police knocking at his door.
[September 30, 1999, 16:49]
High-tech police tackle Internet crime
News Home secretary Jack Straw today launched the UK's first high-tech crime unit on Wednesday at London's Science Museum. Jack Straw believes the unit will play a role in making the Internet a safer place for users.
[April 18, 2001, 10:19]
Straw moves on RIP Bill to avert Lords' defeat
News According to reports the much maligned RIP Bill is about to be modified by the home secretary Jack Straw, in a bid to protect it from a mauling in the House of Lords. Any move by Straw to modify the bill will be seen as a significant step-down, but...
[June 21, 2000, 15:16]
News Burst: Cybersquad to combat computer crime
News The home secretary Jack Straw will announce plans to create a £20m National High-Tech Crime Unit Monday morning according to reports Sunday. The special unit, which will include members of the police, customs and excise, the National Crime Squad...
[November 13, 2000, 9:59]
Straw blames 'naive' libertarians for weak encryption laws
News The former Home Secretary Jack Straw has attacked what he calls "naive" civil liberty groups for opposing Internet snooping laws which could, he believes, have prevented the horrendous terrorist attacks on the US last month.
[October 2, 2001, 17:40]
Cybersquad to combat computer crime
News Home secretary Jack Straw announced plans to create a £25m National High-Tech Crime Unit Monday, that will focus on combating e-commerce fraud and other types of computer crime. At a press conference, Straw said: "The significant cash injection I...
[November 13, 2000, 14:04]
Privacy watchdog to get power to fine for data loss
News Justice secretary Jack Straw has proposed that the Information Commissioner's Office should receive many of the extra powers it has requested. The changes we propose today will strengthen the information commissioner's ability to enforce the DPA...
[November 25, 2008, 11:55]
Government may revive data-sharing plan
News Justice secretary Jack Straw said that the government was consulting on the issue, and would introduce primary legislation if a consensus was reached. We are consulting at the moment, and if we get to a consensus position, we will go for...
[May 15, 2009, 15:18]
News Burst: Mobile phone firms to meet Straw
News Mobile phone manufacturers will meet the home secretary Jack Straw and police officers in an effort to curb rising crime figures associated with the theft of handsets, often from young children. Jack Straw told the BBC Wednesday that mobile phone...
[January 10, 2001, 9:21]
Experts question plans to ban hate email
News Home secretary Jack Straw intends to make it a criminal offence to send hate mail by electronic means, in the same way as it is illegal to send threats in a traditional letter. In a statement released on Wednesday Straw said the government is not...
[February 23, 2001, 9:12]
Mobile meltdown predicted for New Year's Eve
News Millions of mobile phones across the country are likely to crash at midnight New Year's Eve, according to Home Secretary Jack Straw. Straw told MPs Tuesday that mobile networks might be brought to a grinding halt by millions of mobile phone users...
[December 22, 1999, 11:05]
Government to ban 'hate emails'
News Home secretary Jack Straw intends to make it a criminal offence to send hate mail by electronic means, in the same way as it is illegal to send threats in a traditional letter. In a statement released on Wednesday Straw said the government is not...
[February 22, 2001, 7:10]
A Year Ago: Mobile meltdown predicted for New Year's Eve
News Millions of mobile phones across the country are likely to crash at midnight New Year's Eve, according to Home Secretary Jack Straw. Straw told MPs Tuesday that mobile networks might be brought to a grinding halt by millions of mobile phone users...
[December 22, 2000, 6:01]
