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Gov't consults on privacy code of practice
News The Information Commissioner's Office has launched an online consultation on a new draft code of practice for protecting individuals' privacy online. The consultation will run until 5 March 2010. It includes details on when and when not to collect...
[December 10, 2009, 10:26]
ISPs, rights groups react to gov't P2P proposals
News The proposals were revealed during an ongoing BIS consultation that was already considering measures to combat peer-to-peer piracy. Lord Carter, the author of the Digital Britain report that kicked off the consultation, had rejected disconnection...
[August 25, 2009, 15:18]
British court system goes online
News The consultation paper speaks of "paperless court rooms" where the majority of litigation is conducted online. Most of the UK's 222 county courts will be refitted, beginning 5 February, according to the court service consultation paper Modernising...
[January 17, 2001, 6:18]
Nearly half of UK homes now online
News Oftel published the figures on Tuesday in a consultation on effective competition in dial-up Internet access. On the wholesale side, Oftel admits within its consultation that BT is stifling competition, by retaining 80 percent of the wholesale...
[January 29, 2002, 17:06]
Government pledges £50m for online curriculum
News The Curriculum Online scheme is designed to provide "an easily accessible, coherent and consistent set of educational resources", according to the consultation paper published in April. Of those that responded to the consultation, more than two...
[December 10, 2001, 14:03]
UK launches 'Euro-DMCA' debate
News A deadline of 31 October has been set for responses to the UK consultation document; under European law, the new rules have to be incorporated in law by 22 December. Respondents (should) bear in mind that this consultation is not about whether the...
[August 12, 2002, 11:29]
E-crime unit seeks insight from IT industry
News The Metropolitan Police's nascent e-crime unit is stepping up its efforts to communicate with UK businesses, inviting 150 corporate security professionals to a consultation later this month. At the Corporate IT Forum consultation, the PCeU's Gordon...
[February 10, 2009, 11:04]
IP infringement fines to increase tenfold
News Following a consultation by the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), a majority of respondents supported the increase in the maximum fine, known as an exceptional statutory maxima. The government will now "work to identify suitable legislative...
[May 6, 2009, 17:00]
Online committees herald e-government breakthrough
News The Communications Bill was the first piece of legislation to be subject to such online consultation when the Joint Committee on the Draft Communication Bill began began hearing evidence on Thursday. In future, every such pre-legislative scrutiny...
[May 24, 2002, 12:42]
Online morning after pill service suspended
News The company says it suspended the service after consultation with the Department of Health and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. Superdrug suspended its controversial online service selling the "morning after" contraception pill just a few hours...
[January 29, 2001, 16:46]
Online imaging to lead to faster NHS diagnoses
News Images can even be sent to specialists abroad for consultation, and should result in speedier diagnoses. Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London is the first hospital in Europe to make use of the Kodak-designed system that allows medical...
[October 16, 2000, 15:08]
Online TV blamed for choking broadband networks
News The spokeswoman added: "My hope for this year is there will be some sort of cross-industry consultation on this. The massive increase in bandwidth-heavy online TV and video content being downloaded by UK broadband users has raised questions about...
[January 29, 2008, 8:42]
Government seeks views on e-democracy
News The UK government has launched a public consultation into e-democracy that could result in the widespread implementation of voting via the Internet or by mobile phone. Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, the leader of the House of Commons, Robin...
[July 16, 2002, 16:13]
OFT broadens online advertising probe
News The probe builds on a consultation that the OFT began on 19 August. The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB), an industry body that represents 440 companies involved in digital advertising, told ZDNet UK on Friday that it had submitted evidence to the...
[October 16, 2009, 17:56]
Blair opens up Commission for Africa online
News Simon Mills, who is in charge of the online consultation, said the commission wants to reach a wide audience. The online consultation will enable thousands of people to not only find out more about our work, but to give us their views on what sort...
[November 15, 2004, 12:20]
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[October 4, 2006, 8:00]
UK Online moderator receives death threat
News The paper will examine ways of encouraging public policy debate and consultation on the Internet, as well as considering the potential for online voting in the future. The Cabinet Office is refusing to comment on reports that one of its moderators...
[July 13, 2001, 11:06]
E-commerce minister proposes online voting
News The e-envoy is currently working with the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions (DTLR) to develop a course of action -- a consultation period will take place before any proposals are put on the table.
[October 26, 2001, 7:30]
Laws protecting consumers online need revision
News Malcolm Hutty of the Campaign Against Censorship of the Internet in Britain called for widespread consultation and review of the existing law. Users who have had their personal data published online without their consent but not suffered any...
[July 20, 2000, 14:56]
Government pledges £30m to get pupils online
News The work also includes a 12-week public consultation on who should pay for access and a study looking at the potential impact of technology on children's lives up to 2025. Knight also fleshed out plans to bring in online school reports, which he...
[January 9, 2008, 15:42]
