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Legislation to Stop Spyware Will It Stop the Craziness?
White Papers There are at least 28 states that are considering legislating spyware and twelve states enacted legislation in the year 2005. This paper will explains will the legislation stop the spyware. Spyware is software that will track and/or collect...
[June 9, 2006, 0:00]
Legislation sets out battery-recycling rules
News Parliament has been presented with new legislation regarding the collection, treatment and recycling of waste batteries and accumulators in the UK. The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009 legislation, introduced on Tuesday, requires...
[April 15, 2009, 17:11]
Legislation needed to 'prevent DRM and patent abuses'
News Ross Anderson, professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, told the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) that tougher legislation was needed to stop technology unfairly restricting what a user or customer can do with the...
[February 3, 2006, 16:35]
Is new legislation protecting contractors?
Talkback I would say that this new legislation is being widely abused by recruitment businesses who fear that they will lose out because of these changes. According to agencies, the reason these questions are being asked if because of this new legislation.
[December 9, 2004, 18:18]
Recycling legislation delayed six months - again
News The implementation of legislation designed to make manufacturers and consumers of electronic equipment more responsible for its disposal has been delayed by a further six months due to a lack of sufficient infrastructure to manage the task.
[August 10, 2005, 17:55]
Recycling legislation finally enforced
News Legislation designed to put the financial burden for recycling old technology on suppliers and manufacturers rather than all tax payers has finally been fully introduced and enforced. Jane Southworth, senior associate in the regulatory group at...
[July 2, 2007, 17:50]
Brace yourself for green legislation
Leader Basically, WEEEadds to the growing raft of international legislation forcing manufacturers and consumers of electronic equipment to finally take some responsibility for the by-products of the upgrade culture they have cultivated and embraced over...
[September 9, 2004, 13:05]
Retrospective legislation
Talkback The Conservative leader must make it very clear that he will introduce retrospective legislation to enable such contracts entered into have a non compensatory cancellation retrospectively added. While actual cost incurred must be duly considered...
[May 30, 2008, 9:10]
Net Politics Focus: House of Reps. passes copyright legislation
News House of Representatives Tuesday passed legislation to strengthen copyright on the Internet. After nearly three years of often divisive debate, the U.S. The action handed a hard-fought victory to software, recording and motion picture industries...
[August 6, 1998, 16:50]
EMAIL CONFIDENTIALITY AND THE LAW: A SURVEY OF U.S. LEGISLATION ON EMAIL ENCRYPTION
White Papers Legislation on Email Encryption today to learn about the laws and statutes requiring email encryption. Whether absolutely required by some statutes or simply suggested by other laws, proper encryption of email is unavoidably something that...
[June 18, 2009, 1:21]
Uniting Legislation With RFID Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
White Papers Legislation expounds upon the actual security and privacy needs of people in RFID-enabled environments, while technology helps to ensure legal compliance. This paper examines the main aims of RFID privacy legislation, and explains how to achieve...
[February 7, 2006, 23:00]
Education, not legislation will reduce e-crimes
News The paper, published by e-commerce lobby group EURIM, and think tank The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), argues that although some legislation is required to fight Internet-based crimes, alone, it will make no difference unless backed...
[December 11, 2003, 16:40]
Roaming legislation inches closer
Blog Viv Reding's proposed legislation to put a serious cap on roaming charges passed another stage today, as it was OK'd by the Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) Committee of the European Parliament. Soon after that, hopefully, we should have some...
[April 12, 2007, 17:03]
Disability legislation puts onus on IT managers
News Public sector IT managers will need to be more active about tackling inclusion issues under new legislation due to come into force in December, a disability charity has warned. The Disability Equality Duty (DED) is a general regulation that...
[October 31, 2006, 12:54]
Mobile operators attack 'stifling' EC legislation
News Current EU-wide traditional or linear broadcasting regulations do not prohibit product placement — legislation is currently left to individual member states. Opponents to the legislation include the UK Government, which last month called the...
[July 26, 2006, 13:10]
Identity Theft and U.S. Data Protection Legislation: An Overview
White Papers This white paper provides an overview of current and pending legislation that affects data protection and privacy, outlining the requirements set forth by each and identifying how encryption can help organizations to achieve compliance with these...
[May 26, 2006, 1:00]
Who's in Charge in a Regional Disaster?: The Legislation Behind the Chain of Command in Disaster Response
White Papers This webcast explores the legislation behind the chain of command in disaster response and how this can this affect a recovering business. Federal legislation covered includes the Posse Comitatus Act, Nat'l Emergencies Act, Insurrection Act and more.
[August 18, 2006, 0:00]
Banking industry lashes out at privacy legislation
Talkback The situation requires a reconciliation of privacy rights on one hand and securing sound law enforcement on the other. The privacy rights must neither be taken too lightly as to cost the valuable data and nor they should operate as a veil for...
[December 12, 2005, 11:31]
Legislation needed to 'prevent DRM and patent abuses'
Talkback Microsoft have broken a few laws, but an extremely high % of linux users are nothing but thieves (using the word pirate is just too weak) Business has a right to prevent their music and software being stolen, and most the people who whine about DRM...
[February 5, 2006, 22:17]
Is new legislation protecting contractors?
News However, legislation introduced in April this year appeared to have the potential to tip the scales back in the favour of the contracting community. Some agencies see the very existence of the legislation as fundamentally unbalanced.
[June 24, 2004, 12:45]
