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Government may regulate RFID use
News How can we regulate the information collected? Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology will be put under the Parliamentary microscope when the Government returns from its summer recess. Labour MP Tom Watson on Wednesday submitted a motion...
[July 30, 2003, 19:00]
Government may regulate RFID use
Talkback My concern goes further in some ways than those mentioned in the article. To an extent, if a retailer wants to scrutinise and analyse my behaviour within its stores, that is its right - I can always elect not to shop there if I have a problem with...
[August 8, 2003, 9:53]
Europe asserts its right to regulate
Talkback From the article: "The severity of that penalty reflects a precept of European antitrust law that focuses more heavily on monopolists' effects on competing businesses rather than on consumers. As a result, European authorities in the Microsoft case...
[June 27, 2004, 15:43]
Scrap Oftel, regulate Web - Consumers Association
News Like many observers, CA believes that a wider spectrum of media needs to be included in the new regulators brief, including Internet and interactive television. However, the CA fall short of calling for new laws for the regulation of the Internet.
[August 14, 1997, 8:00]
Europe asserts its right to regulate
News The European Union's revival this week of a moribund antitrust investigation of chipmaker Intel reaffirms the region's growing reputation as an aggressive regulator willing to cross swords with the United States.
[June 11, 2004, 10:40]
Europe may regulate the digital divide
News Universal service obligations could be extended to the Internet according to the representative of Deutsche Telekom at a public hearing Wednesday on the future of telecom rules in Europe. Universal service obligations currently extend only to voice...
[May 10, 2000, 14:11]
Government attacks EC's 'dangerous' online media plans
News The British Government has launched a fierce attack on the European Commission over proposed legislation that seeks to regulate online content. Opponents claim this would force content providers to regulate Internet content.
[June 29, 2006, 16:05]
Revised online video rules attacked
News European plans to regulate online audiovisual content remain a threat despite modifications to an European Commission directive, UK ministers and regulators have claimed. In effect, however, this meant that each country would have had to regulate...
[March 14, 2007, 11:59]
Internet telephony rules still up in the air
News Telecommunications regulators worldwide are still wrestling with the tricky problem of how to regulate Internet telephony services, which is leaving voice over IP (VoIP) service providers somewhat in the dark.
[September 28, 2004, 16:40]
Hollywood's new enemy - Linux fans
News Spooked by Hollywood-backed legislation that seeks to regulate technology, Linux geeks plan to launch a political-action committee that fights back. The backers of GeekPAC say simply protesting efforts to regulate technology won't work.
[April 15, 2002, 9:30]
Oftel dictated to by BT says ISPA
News Oftel's ability to regulate BT is left in serious doubt Friday as the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) accuses the watchdog of being "misinformed" and details its failure to deliver flat rate access in the UK.
[August 25, 2000, 14:42]
Europe unites to keep online video unregulated
News UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom has claimed a victory in an important vote over upcoming European laws that seek to regulate online video content. Ofcom said that the vote, which effectively decided that countries would not have to regulate all...
[November 15, 2006, 17:21]
Mobile operators attack 'stifling' EC legislation
News A conglomerate of IT industry players, mobile operators and content providers has added its voice to the debate surrounding the European Commission's attempts to regulate online broadcasting. The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) said on Tuesday...
[July 26, 2006, 13:10]
MP: ISPs must come clean on paedophilia
News Margaret Moran, the Labour MP for Luton South, is introducing a Ten Minute Rule bill in an attempt to force more ISPs to regulate the Web access they offer customers. Some in the industry strongly oppose the idea that governments should regulate...
[October 26, 2005, 12:25]
Incumbent telcos accused of plotting against VoIP
News There´s nothing they can do about this emerging explosion, unless they work with governments to regulate this business," Whyte told a group of journalists at NetEvents in Barcelona on Thursday. Industry bodies representing the VoIP industry, such...
[October 8, 2004, 10:55]
Thai govt bans online games at night
News However, the Thai government is said to be thinking of passing laws to regulate the online gaming industry. Does it make sense to regulate and shutdown the whole online gaming scene and label it as bad for everybody, including working adults...
[July 9, 2003, 10:19]
Analysis: US lawmakers in Web-regulating frenzy
News States feel they have the right to regulate the morals of their citizenry," said Jerry Kang, a professor at the UCLA school of law. What we saw last year as a rush to regulate the Internet is turning into a tidal wave of legislation," says Paul...
[March 31, 1998, 7:00]
Can you trust VoIP?
News While the most governments don't typically regulate Internet services, VoIP could change that. Because governing agencies can't possibly regulate or control VoIP like traditional land-line phone systems, it's appealling to competitive local...
[February 17, 2005, 13:35]
US commission to recommend ban on Net gambling
News Since it crosses state lines, it is difficult for states to adequately monitor and regulate such gambling," the report says. You can regulate the gaming products and make sure that they are licensable, that the games are fair, that the people...
[June 17, 1999, 9:27]
BT rivals angered by Ofcom's broadband plans
News Ofcom, which will regulate the telecommunication and broadcasting sectors from the end of this month, decided against forcing BT to move to a cost-plus system. AOL welcomes the proposal by Ofcom to more closely regulate the supply of wholesale...
[December 18, 2003, 13:50]
