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Rights groups call for ID tracking laws
News In the wake of Microsoft Corp.s decision to revamp its Windows registration process to prevent users' personal information from being transmitted without their consent, Internet and privacy watchdog groups are calling for legislation to protect...
[March 9, 1999, 9:46]
Rights group attacks 'database state'
Blog Government information policy is "out of control", according to digital civil liberties organisation the Open Rights Group (ORG). Following the release on Monday of a report by the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) entitled...
[March 23, 2009, 15:46]
TechNet Webcast: Prepare Yourself for Windows Server 2008 (Part 8 of 8): Rights Management Services (Level 400)
White Papers Information Rights Management (IRM) is a growing concern for all sorts of organizations, and it outlines common IRM needs and scenarios in this webcast. The webcast first look at the new features of Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD...
[January 8, 2008, 0:01]
TechNet Webcast: Rights Management Services in Windows Server 2008 (Level 400)
White Papers Information Rights Management (IRM) is a growing concern for all sorts of organizations. The presenter first looks at the new features of Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS), in addition to the previous version of RMS and the two...
[December 23, 2008, 0:00]
Microsoft considers taking admin rights from employees
News As Microsoft moves its internal desktop systems to Windows Vista, the company is contemplating whether to change a long running tradition and take away admin rights from its employees in order to improve security.
[May 30, 2006, 10:15]
Windows Rights Management Services: Protecting Electronic Content in Government
White Papers Microsoft has created Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) to address customers’ need to protect sensitive internal information by protecting a file from unauthorized use inside and outside of the corporate firewall.
[March 24, 2004, 0:58]
Can you expect human rights online?
News The Human Rights Act is expected to bring new legal standards for citizens in Britain, but human rights experts fear that its impact may not be felt in cyberspace. Rather than respecting human rights, the government is moving towards a very...
[October 5, 2000, 15:09]
China human rights site cracked
News The Web site of the Chinese Society for Human Rights, a state-run organization, was launched Monday, and contained links to government documents and other officially-sanctioned articles. The page also contained links to Amnesty International and...
[October 28, 1998, 9:12]
Survey: Digital rights management about to boom
News Digital rights management (DRM) products help companies safeguard email and other digital documents from loss or theft. The market for software that protects private data is expected to grow to $274m (£151m) by 2008, from $36m in 2003, market...
[July 2, 2004, 12:35]
Windows Rights Management Services: Protecting Electronic Content in Legal Organizations
White Papers Microsoft has created Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) to address customers’ need to protect sensitive internal information by protecting a file from unauthorized use inside and outside of the corporate firewall.
[March 24, 2004, 1:00]
Digital rights group: E-voting fit only for X Factor
News The Open Rights Group has criticised the government for standing by its plans to continue pilots for electronic voting and counting in England and Wales. The Open Rights Group (ORG), a digital rights advocacy group, issued a statement on Tuesday...
[November 14, 2007, 14:19]
Technical Overview of Windows Rights Management Services for Windows Server 2003
White Papers This white paper provides a technical overview of Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) for Windows Server 2003, the reasons for implementing this technology, and the processes and steps involved with that implementation.
[March 24, 2004, 1:01]
Digital rights group to fight data retention
Talkback How much more, hard fought for, rights will be thrown overboard in the name of child porn, terrorism, crime fighting, illegal immigrants, wellfare abuse, child abuse, electronic crimes and what not before government agencies will run out of excuses?
[September 13, 2005, 23:25]
Novell claims SCO's Unix rights are limited
News Novell is seeking to undermine the SCO Group's legal claim against IBM with evidence that allegedly shows SCO purchased limited rights to the Unix operating system. It is SCO's strongly held legal position that Novell has no rights to step in and...
[February 12, 2004, 13:25]
Gates in bid for football rights
News Bill Gates is to go head to head with Rupert Murdoch in an effort to gain television rights for premier league football, it is reported. Murdoch-owned BSkyB currently owns the rights to televise premier league matches but those rights expire in 2001.
[September 20, 1999, 9:22]
ID cards labelled as human rights threat
News The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has published its report into the implications of the Identity Cards Bill -- and says the legislation "raise[s] a number of serious questions" on human rights.
[February 3, 2005, 14:25]
RIPA and Human Rights Act conflict
News The government's controversial RIP Act violates the right to privacy within the workplace under the new Human Rights Act, according to legal experts Tuesday. Businesses monitoring their employees' email and Internet usage could be infringing the...
[October 3, 2000, 12:49]
Don't throw buyers' rights overboard
Leader The European IPR Enforcement Directive contains many of the same ideas as Digital Millennium Copyright Act which, in the US, has seen researchers face criminal charges for pointing out security holes in digital rights management technology.
[May 18, 2005, 13:30]
Using Information Rights Management With Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
White Papers This Support WebCast session discusses how you can use the new Information Rights Management feature in Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 to control the distribution and usage of e-mail both inside and outside your organization.
[June 23, 2004, 0:00]
DNA database found to breach rights
Blog The UK police practice of holding DNA profiles of people who are innocent of crimes has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights. However, in the case of Michael Marper and a teenager identitified as "S", the court found that the...
[December 5, 2008, 13:27]
