Six months on from HMRC, data losses still rising, says ICO: “ Disappointed by apparent learning failure Information Commissioner Richard Thomas is again telling UK companies to sort out their data protection systems as the…
The Register article, ‘Extreme porn’ law could criminalise millions, 25.04.2008 (John Ozimek); Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/25/justice_bill_extreme_pron/ Analysis If you use the internet for any purpose that might be construed as other than respectable – be afraid….
Story from BBC NEWS, Published: 2008/04/09 17:17:54 GMT Ad-targeting system Phorm must be “opt in” when it is rolled out, says the Information Commissioner Office (ICO) European data protection laws demand that users must choose…
With regards to the Internet related terrorism activity, the European Union’s May 2006 revised Action Plan on Terrorism included the development of policies and measures to detect misuse of the Internet by extremist websites, and…
In addition to the Cybercrime Convention, the Council of Europe also developed the first additional protocol to the Cybercrime Convention on the criminalisation of acts of a racist or xenophobic nature committed through computer systems…
Following the first five ratifications, the Council of Europe’s Cybercrime Convention came into force on July 1, 2004. Ratification Status as of April 2008 The signing and ratification process for the Cybercrime Convention resulted with…
Guidelines for the cooperation between law enforcement agencies and Internet Service Providers against cybercrime were developed under the auspicies of the Council of Europe’s Cybercrime Project were adopted by the global Conference on Cooperation Against…
According to the US website Defend our Porn, Protect our Freedom, several obscenity charges were brought forward in the US during 2007. About 17 cases are covered in this article and is worth reading it…
My new book is just out Internet Child Pornography and the Law: National and International Responses, Ashgate, published in April 2008 (ISBN-13 978-0-7546-2297-0). This book sets out to provide a critical assessment of the problem…
This is a new and work in progress blog on issues related to CyberLaw launched by Yaman Akdeniz