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Email interception law faces more delays
News The law has been unpopular, receiving widespread criticism during its passage through parliament for its Big Brother-type measures; but ISPs say that now that it is unavoidable, they need guidance. A key part of the Regulation of Investigatory...
[March 1, 2002, 14:48]
ISPs plan to can the spamvertisers
News At an extraordinary general meeting of the London Internet Exchange (LINX), which handles more than 90 percent of the UK's Internet traffic, 150 member ISPs agreed on a set of measures designed to close a loophole in the current system.
[August 18, 2004, 17:45]
MP wins Internet Hero award
News Specifically, the issue centres on incompatibilities between the Terrorism Act, which contains measures that would force ISPs to retain all communications data of customers for several years for reasons of national security, and the Regulation of...
[February 21, 2003, 8:36]
Carnivore clone goes open source
News ISPs in Britain will no doubt also be keen to take a look at this open source snooping technology after the UK government in July introduced legislation that will require in this country to also employ email surveillance measures.
[September 21, 2000, 8:57]
UK Government suffers data retention blow
News They said they have "grave doubt as to the legitimacy and legality of such broad measures" and are worried about the financial burden they will place on telcos and ISPs. Europe's data protection commissioners have dealt a blow to the UK government...
[September 17, 2002, 12:30]
EU lawmakers vote to introduce net neutrality
News The legislation also compels European telecoms and internet service providers (ISPs) to notify their customers of any personal data breaches, the first time they have been required to do so. On the net-neutrality issue, the Commission said in its...
[May 6, 2009, 17:10]
ISPs revolt against data retention law
News UK ISPs are poised to ignore a Home Office voluntary code of practice addressing retention of Internet data unless big changes are made to the wording. The code of practice lays out the obligations of ISPs under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and...
[October 23, 2002, 17:08]
Australian code aims to curb spam
News The IIA taskforce, chaired by Western Australian Internet Association (WAIA) representative Jeremy Malcolm, also includes representatives from the South Australian Internet Association (SAIA), major and smaller ISPs and email service providers, as...
[July 26, 2004, 10:55]
Australia censors the Net
News ISPs that ignore the ABA face fines of up to $27,500 (£16,770) per day. Under the regulations, the Australian Broadcasting Authority will have the power to order ISPs to remove offensive or illegal material from their servers.
[July 2, 1999, 9:16]
Service Provider Infrastructure Security Techniques
White Papers This white paper describes a set of techniques ISPs can use to withstand global threats by securing their networks' infrastructure. This white paper provides a comprehensive overview of security measures and tools that Internet service providers...
[February 22, 2007, 0:00]
RIPA demands push up ISP costs
News From 1st August, ISPs and telcos will be obliged to maintain certain minimum levels of interception capacity in order to assist law enforcement agencies. ISPs are expressing their confusion over the new obligations and how they will be recompensed.
[July 9, 2002, 15:41]
Report says snooping bill expensive and useless
News These measures could cost ISPs in excess of £640m, considerably more than the £30m suggested in a government commissioned report from the Smith Group in May. The Bill requires British ISPs to install equipment enabling the security services to...
[June 13, 2000, 9:46]
EU data retention laws face rough ride
News The European parliament could reject proposals next week for laws to retain the data of telephone and internet service providers (ISPs) for three years. Under the initiative, ISPs and phone service providers would be forced to retain data between...
[June 2, 2005, 14:40]
Proxy servers boost spam
News This is only the latest modus operandi for spammers on a relentless mission to hurl get-rich-quick schemes and salacious email at people with little cost, despite measures by ISPs (Internet service providers) and email subscribers to push back.
[September 23, 2002, 11:31]
Critics: EU in pocket of big-music interests
News They are saying that copying liability should be put on ISPs and are demanding technical protection measures be enforced by everyone on the Internet," Philipson explained. He believes holding ISPs liable is unfair as they have little control over...
[September 29, 1999, 10:02]
Civil liberties groups condemn Big Brother proposals
News The Home Office confirmed Monday morning that it is giving "serious consideration" to a request from MI5, MI6 and the police that communication service providers -- telcos and ISPs -- must keep the details of all phone calls, e-mails and Internet...
[December 4, 2000, 8:40]
Ex-cracker slams UK cybercrime law
News The act requires ISPs to install monitoring equipment that will allow police to eavesdrop on suspected criminals. He also suggests that the Act places an unfair responsibility on ISPs. Herbless echoes other pundits by suggesting that these measures...
[September 29, 2000, 11:10]
Scrap data retention plans, say MPs
News An all-party parliamentary inquiry has recommended that the government drop its plans to make ISPs indiscriminately keep records of every email sent or received, and every Web site visited, by UK citizens.
[January 29, 2003, 15:50]
Digital Britain calls for 50p broadband levy
News The report also called for a "suite of technical measures", such as bandwidth reduction or protocol blocking, for ISPs to use if the notification process failed to stop unlawful file-sharing. If proposed legislation is passed, it will be charged...
[June 16, 2009, 18:02]
Government's data retention back-pedal fails to impress
News Industry had called for the code of practice to be made mandatory, so that ISPs would be protected from legal action under the Human Rights Act and the Data Protection Act when complying with the measures in the code of practice.
[March 11, 2003, 13:39]
