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European Telco Watchdogs Plan Greater Unity
News The EC had been pushing for greater powers to intervene in national watchdogs' policies and regulations, an idea that was universally rejected by the regulators. However, it seems the watchdogs do agree with the EC's basic idea; that policy across...
[June 8, 2001, 15:14]
Watchdogs Bark At EBay's Privacy Update
News But some privacy and auction watchdogs decried the changes, calling them anything but routine. EBay is updating its privacy policy and user agreements, making it easier for the company to disclose members' personal information or to ban people from...
[February 27, 2002, 15:47]
Utility Watchdogs Slate NAO Report
News The report, published this earlier this week, raised concerns about lack of communication between key utilities and the regulatory bodies and called for a higher level of public awareness on the issues.
[February 18, 1999, 16:06]
A Year Ago: Utility Watchdogs Slate NAO Report
News Utility regulators today hit back at a National Audit Office (NAO) report which accused them of being vague about millennium bug fix work and of poor contingency planning. The report, published this earlier this week, raised concerns about lack of...
[February 18, 2000, 6:23]
Privacy Watchdogs Mull Engage's Future
News Privacy advocates are bracing for a signal that beleaguered online ad network Engage plans to dump its media business, promising to protest any potential sale that would transfer ownership of the company's extensive database of anonymous consumer...
[August 10, 2001, 9:42]
Researcher Slams Open-source Compulsion
Talkback The Need For More Open Source Watchdogs Thanks to the efforts of countless IT watchdogs, security flaws in Microsoft Windows XP and other proprietary software packages have been exposed and patched. However, there are fewer watchdogs focusing on...
[September 24, 2003, 10:52]
EU To Launch Scam Crackdown
News This network of consumer protection watchdogs has been in operation since 29 December, 2006, but will be launched officially in Brussels on Wednesday by the EU commissioner for consumer affairs, Meglena Kuneva.
[February 26, 2007, 15:06]
Concern Grows About Bulldog's Broadband Service
Talkback What is the point of setting up a isp service firm when obviousley no background study into what you can adequatly supply has been achieved.My other thought is this although bulldog say they can supply up to 8 meg what is their minimum supply (i...
[September 14, 2005, 13:08]
Analysis: Ofcom To Give BBC Remit For Universal Net Access?
News Analyst with Jupiter Nick Jones agrees that a turf war between the different regulators is a very real possibility and worries that far from being an integrated body, Ofcom could be a disparate collection of watchdogs with their own agendas.
[December 13, 2000, 16:20]
.Org Front Runner Named
News Upon learning of the proposal, some ICANN watchdogs blasted the plan, saying it amounted to an "insider deal" that will derail the .org mission of serving nonprofit organisations. The Internet's governing body has recommended that the Virginia...
[August 21, 2002, 9:51]
The Canadian Response To Sarbanes-Oxley
White Papers Since Enron's Q3 restatement, industry watchdogs have been engaged in an urgent struggle to find the optimal regulatory balance, eager to allay investor fears and yet wary of imposing excessive burdens on market participants.
[December 9, 2004, 2:00]
Bulldog Fixes Broadband Problems
Talkback why oh why are bulldog still allowed to run as a company, when judging by all the complaints listed and so meant to be watchdogs are knowledgable of the situation,yours totally menaced in the head Ozlandia (thanks bull**!
[September 17, 2005, 11:11]
The Adoption Of ITIL In Large Enterprises
White Papers With industry watchdogs Gartner and Forrester Research both predicting a rapid increase in ITIL adoption in 2005, the TechRepublic Community Research Team conducted a survey to determine the state of ITIL adoption among North American...
[February 3, 2005, 8:21]
Building The RFID-Enabled Retail Store
White Papers With industry research showing that Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology can help retailers reduce labor costs by 5 to 40 percent, decrease inventory by 10 to 30 percent, and reduce shrink by 5 to 30 percent, it's no wonder industry...
[October 21, 2005, 8:43]
No Room For Cybersquatters
News It was the eve of the new millennium, and while revellers and doomsayers had bigger thoughts on their minds, legal watchdogs trained their eyes on an obscure case in Oakland, California, between the Web site Quokka Sports and two New Zealand-based...
[March 27, 2000, 12:13]
Powergen's Lax Security Condemned
News In what has been described as a gross breach of consumer confidence, consumer watchdogs condemned lax security at British utility service Powergen Wednesday, for exposing the credit details of over 7,000 customers on its Web site.
[July 19, 2000, 9:21]
Barclays Breach Rattles Consumer Trust
News Consumer watchdogs and technical experts agree that security breaches such as that experienced by the online division of Barclays bank Monday and the recent Powergen fiasco are chipping away at the UK's confidence in Internet security.
[August 2, 2000, 8:11]
FSA Nets 28 UK Web Scams In One Day
News A one day investigation by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) and other international watchdogs has identified 28 UK Web sites that are in breach of financial services rules. The second annual Web surf organised by the International...
[July 3, 2001, 7:28]
German ISPs Want To Keep Data About Their Surfers
News The privacy watchdogs of all 16 federal German states, except Thueringen, have warned the secretaries of the interior of the states and the federal minister of interior that their new proposal of a bill for collecting data about German surfers did...
[December 4, 2000, 8:34]
Tech Project Sweeps For Net Scammers
News Australia's securities and investment watchdogs are turning to document-classification technology employing the latest linguistic techniques in their hunt for Web-based fraudsters. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) on...
[February 3, 2003, 11:51]
