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Privacy watchdog may get powers to raid
News The UK's privacy watchdog could get new powers to raid organisations under government proposals to "sharpen its teeth". The government launched its consultation on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) powers and funding following the Data...
[July 18, 2008, 8:30]
Police ask for more Internet powers
News Chief UK police officers are asking the government for new powers that would allow them to attack terrorist Web sites. While the police admitted that the time it takes to break some encryption standards has slowed investigations, moves to stop...
[July 26, 2005, 8:55]
OFT gains powers to seize spammers' PCs
News Its powers have been brought about by the creation of a network of enforcement agencies called the Consumer Protection Cooperation Network, which was launched on Wednesday by the EU commissioner for consumer affairs, Meglena Kuneva.
[February 28, 2007, 15:13]
Plan to extend police-hacking powers gathers pace
News The UK government has agreed to work with the European Parliament on plans to extend police powers to conduct remote searches of computers. Remote warrantless searches of computers are also legal under part three of the Police Act 1995, and under...
[January 5, 2009, 15:16]
Tories pledge to curb abuse of surveillance powers
News An incoming Conservative government would curb the abuse of powers granted under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, according to a Tory peer. Shadow security minister Baroness Pauline Neville-Jones told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that the...
[October 29, 2008, 17:29]
Government curbs councils' Ripa powers
News Local governments will have to cut down on the use of covert-surveillance powers to investigate petty offences such as dog-fouling, the government has said. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) gave public authorities to power to use...
[November 4, 2009, 16:19]
New powers put privacy laws to the test
News Privacy advocates said that upcoming moves to broaden the government's electronic surveillance powers will put a strain on existing consumer-protection legislation such as the Data Protection Act (1998).
[June 12, 2002, 16:58]
Internet regulator considers anti-paedophile powers
News The Internet's regulatory body is considering proposals to step up its powers for dealing with Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who regularly host illegal content. Any decision on powers depends on a decision on the principles of what to do with...
[November 21, 2001, 6:31]
New Xscale powers 'Xbox in a phone'
News Xscale powers embedded devices such as handheld computers and smartphones, while Centrino is tailored for wireless-enabled laptops. The Intel Developer Forum's focus on mobile technology continued on Wednesday with Intel's unveiling of its Bulverde...
[September 18, 2003, 14:50]
Oftel gains new powers starting March
News Just a month after telecoms watchdog Oftel announced it was relaxing its regulatory role, the government has given it greater powers to control BT's monopoly. Until now Oftel has only been able to request information regarding anti-competitive...
[February 9, 2000, 6:10]
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[September 19, 2009, 1:22]
New powers granted to slam rogue diallers
News ICSTIS, the organisation that regulates premium-rate telephone services in the UK, has won new powers that it says will help it to clamp down on rogue diallers. As first reported earlier this week, all premium rate services will now have to seek...
[July 16, 2004, 13:10]
Regulator demands more powers to fight rogue diallers
News ICSTIS, the organisation that regulates the premium rate telephone services, is demanding that the government gives it the powers it needs to fight the growing menace of rogue diallers. In recent weeks ICSTIS (the Independent Committee for the...
[July 8, 2004, 17:30]
Brown grants data spot-check powers to the ICO
News Brown announced the new powers during prime minister's questions on 21 November, 2007, as the government attempts to win back public confidence lost in the wake of the Revenue & Customs data failure. It has continuously turned a blind eye to...
[November 22, 2007, 10:31]
European Parliament to get new powers over Oftel
News If the new regulatory framework becomes law, the European Commission would gain new powers over regulatory bodies such as Oftel. The European Parliament has voted to adopt three draft directives dealing with a proposed new regulatory framework for...
[March 5, 2001, 6:39]
Regulator demands more powers to fight rogue diallers
Talkback Have had similar and many of them - here in New Zealand - Starting around early 2000
[July 10, 2004, 6:09]
Internet regulator considers anti-paedophile powers
Talkback There is a vile bug which has found its way onto my computer and keeps changing my homepage (however many times I remove the 'spy' ) to a site which portrays sexual activity/nudity of chidren and very young teens - my ISP is not interested other...
[November 20, 2003, 19:17]
Asian powers seal operating system plan
Talkback Free market fundamentalism may work on the morons in American society, but it is way too simple-minded to play well in Asia.
[September 22, 2003, 17:30]
Regulator demands more powers to fight rogue diallers
Talkback We had a similar problem last year in Germany, the illegal dialers made over 1bn€, but it is now illegal, although the rougue diallers are still turning up from unscrupulous sources. They are also switching to foreign numbers now.
[July 9, 2004, 9:02]
