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Watchdog Issues Rogue-dialler Help
News Premium-rate phone call watchdog ICSTIS has issued a consumer instruction leaflet on how to deal with Internet rogue diallers. A spokesman for the watchdog said: "Internet diallers have been around for five or six years, but this update takes into...
[October 21, 2004, 17:50]
Jane Wakefield: Oftel - Watchdog Or Lapdog?
News Sixteen years down the line I thought it was fair enough to go to Oftel and ask whether the watchdog is happy that BT has been acting in the consumers interests in relation to Internet services. Postman Pat had his black and white cat but in the...
[September 29, 2000, 15:27]
Watchdog Contact
Talkback Please contact Watchdog about this company, they are scam merchants and need shutting down.http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/contact/
[December 11, 2005, 9:04]
Watchdog Warns Net Policing Will Go Unchecked
News The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) -- Britain's intelligence services watchdog -- has raised concern that the Act's Regulatory Tribunal, created to provide checks against abuses of this power, will be relatively toothless.
[April 3, 2001, 15:24]
'Watchdog' Barks At BTopenworld Tactics
News The BBC consumer affairs programme Watchdog is investigating allegations that BT has booted thousands of "heavy" Internet users off its unmetered service. BT Internet Anytime offers its subscribers unlimited Internet access for £14.99 a month...
[September 24, 2001, 11:53]
'Watchdog' To Savage Bulldog Over Broadband Failings
News After months of poor customer support and customer service problems, Bulldog is about to suffer the indignity of an appearance on the BBC's "Watchdog". The Watchdog programme featuring Bulldog is being shown at 1900BST on 6 September, on BBC1.
[September 6, 2005, 17:35]
'Watchdog' To Savage Bulldog Over Broadband Failings
Talkback Sorry we couldn't alert you all earlier about the Watchdog programme. We only heard yesterday that Watchdog was covering Bulldog that evening, so got a story up ASAP. There's a summary on the BBC site here that might be of interest: http://www.bbc...
[September 7, 2005, 15:13]
Data Protection Watchdog Targets Businesses
News The UK's data protection watchdog has established a new unit to target possible misuse of personal information collected by businesses. The launch of the Regulatory Action Division (RAD) by the Information Commission comes in the same week the...
[June 17, 2005, 15:20]
Watchdog Condemns Broadband-speed Claims
News However, despite the industry-wide nature of the problem, the ASA conceded that the watchdog could only investigate such claims on the basis of each individual advertisement. The average speed of an 8Mbps broadband connection is just 2.7Mbps...
[August 3, 2007, 11:50]
Data Watchdog Probes Government Email Bonfire
News The government watchdog said on Wednesday it would look 'unfavourably' on the Cabinet Office if it was deleting emails because of the Freedom of Information Act. The Office of the Information Commissioner is investigating the Cabinet Office for...
[December 22, 2004, 11:30]
Eye2Eye Pt III: Oftel's Edmonds On The Watchdog's Future
News Do you see Oftel as a competition watchdog rather than a consumer watchdog? Edmonds is keen to see Oftel as it exists now abolished and replaced by a new "converged technologies" regulator. Admitting he understands the frustration of an Internet...
[November 28, 2000, 10:25]
Watchdog Needed
Talkback I'm all for protesting when stores sting the innocent and would love to see a IT watchdog people could go to when they are not brave enough to face confrontation. I had the same reaction as you. In this country (UK) laws are different but I am sure...
[December 7, 2007, 8:32]
Resignation Rush Threatens Internet Watchdog
News The former chair of the British Internet watchdog has resigned from the Board and from the Funding Council, a matter of days after the chief executive announced that he will not renew his five-year contract.
[January 8, 2002, 13:50]
Exclusive: Oftel Boss Predicts The Death Of The Watchdog
News Speaking exclusively and candidly to ZDNet News David Edmonds confesses he is leading the vanguard for the abolition of the watchdog in its current form and claims to be extremely excited at the idea of its replacement -- coined OfCom.
[November 27, 2000, 15:42]
Privacy Watchdog Fears Government Super-database
News The privacy watchdog said that "a cautious approach to information sharing is needed in order to avoid the dangers of excessive surveillance and the loss of public trust and confidence". The Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's privacy...
[January 15, 2007, 16:15]
Watchdog Issues Rogue-dialler Help
Talkback CLC or should be reported to watchdog and closed down for good! I today rcd a phone call from someone claiming to be from mutual points. They stated that My partner had won a holiday in one of their competitions.
[December 12, 2005, 16:13]
Watchdog To Launch Further NHS IT Inquiry
News The public sector's spending watchdog is to launch another inquiry into the NHS' multibillion pound computer overhaul. The decision comes just weeks after the press published a leaked government document that said hospitals would be "better off...
[September 6, 2006, 10:30]
Privacy Watchdog Guns For Amazon And Friends Reunited
News The watchdog is to make a series of submissions to the ICO, starting next week with complaints against social networking site Friends Reunited, and e-commerce site Amazon. Privacy International (PI) is to make more complaints to the Information...
[September 28, 2006, 16:15]
Dutch Watchdog Savages Spammers
News In recognition that international cooperation is essential in tackling spam, Opta has also been working with French privacy watchdog CNIL to exchange information on spammers. Dutch telecoms regulators have imposed fines totalling €87,500 for a...
[December 29, 2004, 13:00]
Watchdog Issues Rogue-dialler Help
Talkback Go on Watchdog sort this out ! Hi, I too have received a letter from CLC saying I had won a holiday for 4 for 7 nights in Spain or Tenerife. Thought I would check it outon the web and what a surprise it's a scam !
[June 19, 2006, 19:36]
