Europe Succumbs To UK Pressure On Data Retention
News In reaching a common position on the revised Communications Data Protection Directive, the European Telecommunications Council has paved the way for the UK's anti-terrorism bill, which is scheduled for royal assent next week.
[December 7, 2001, 15:05]
Government Seeks IT Industry Feedback Over ID Cards
News It is however right to conduct this exercise now so that the Home Office is prepared for the process of implementing identity cards without undue delay once Royal Assent is granted," he said. Speaking after the publication of the document on 20...
[October 21, 2005, 15:10]
ID Cards: The Full Story
Talkback when Eliabeth II, Queen of Englan, gives royal assent for these.will she be carrying one?
[October 24, 2005, 12:13]
Australia Set To Enact Anti-spam Law
News Australia's Spam Act will come into law on 11 April 2004, 120 days after receiving Royal Assent, the federal government has announced. The Minister for Information Technology and Communications, Daryl Williams, said in a statement that the...
[December 19, 2003, 9:45]
Cybercrime Laws 'will Harm Security Research'
News The Police and Justice Bill 2006, which received Royal Assent last Wednesday, contains amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 that alter the law surrounding the creation and distribution of 'dual use' software tools.
[November 17, 2006, 12:47]
Denial Of Service Attacks Outlawed
News Among the provisions of the Police and Justice Bill 2006, which gained Royal Assent on Wednesday, is a clause that makes it an offence to impair the operation of any computer system. A UK law has been passed that makes it an offence to launch...
[November 10, 2006, 16:30]
Broadband Critics Hit Out At Communications Bill
News The bill will now enter its committee stage, and is expected to receive Royal Assent next year, leading to Ofcom replacing the five existing regulators before the end of 2003. Ofcom, the new regulator for the UK's telecommunications and...
[December 4, 2002, 16:52]
Government Creates ID Card Agency
News The ID cards bill is now on the statute book after receiving royal assent on Thursday. The government wasted no time in starting work on the ID card scheme after the bill became law last week; a new agency that will be tasked with introducing ID...
[April 3, 2006, 10:00]
E-commerce Bill Grows Up To Be An Act
News To illustrate this, Hewitt hoped the Queen would give royal assent to the bill using a digital signature herself. The e-commerce bill finished its long run through parliament Thursday but without the hoped-for digital signature from the Queen.
[May 26, 2000, 8:29]
EU Steps Up Cybercrime Talks
News The RIP Bill, given Royal Assent last week, requires ISPs to take part in surveillance of Internet users by installing and operating black boxes. The European Union met informally Saturday to discuss new cross-border powers for law enforcement...
[July 31, 2000, 14:39]
ID Card Bill Set For Lords Vote
News The bill will continue to be passed between the two Houses until the amendments are agreed on, before it finally gains the Queen's Royal Assent and becomes law as an Act of Parliament. The government's controversial Identity Cards Bill has this...
[December 22, 2005, 10:45]
Oftel Boss Wins Place On Ofcom Board
News It will come into effect once the Communications Bill receives Royal Assent, which could be as early as July 2003. David Edmonds, director-general of Oftel, has been appointed to the board of Ofcom, the new super-regulator that will oversee the UK...
[September 25, 2002, 11:13]
Privacy Comes Under Attack
News But Blunkett u-turned his decision a matter of hours before the Act received royal assent, and accepted a proposal tabled by the Liberal Democrats to separate out data that is relevant to terrorists, as opposed to organised criminals.
[March 30, 2002, 6:31]
Australia Tables Anti-spam Law
News The legislation also allows for legitimate email marketing, and there will be a 120-day grace period after the legislation gains royal assent for businesses to bring their practices in line with the legislation.
[September 18, 2003, 10:40]
