Government data sharing plan could extend to private sector: “A Government plan to allow more extensive sharing of personal data is not restricted to the public sector and could result in Government-collected information being shared…
British data protection standard is published: “A set of instructions on how organisations can stay within the Data Protection Act (DPA) while storing personal information has been published by British Standards (BSI).” (Via OUT-LAW News.)
The Register: Demon ends porn-less Internet Archive block Be, Virgin – collateral damage By Cade Metz in San Francisco Posted in Telecoms, 16th January 2009 19:34 GMT British ISP Demon Internet is no longer blocking…
The Register: IWF confirms Wayback Machine porn blacklisting Be and Virgin mimic Demon censorship By Cade Metz in San Francisco Posted in Telecoms, 14th January 2009 21:13 GMT Update Following complaints that its child-porn blacklist…
The Register: Brit porn filter censors 13 years of net history Demon blacklist muzzles Wayback Machine By Cade Metz in San Francisco Posted in Telecoms, 14th January 2009 06:24 GMT Updated A further update to…
UK.gov ‘to create anti-net piracy agency’ ‘Rights Agency’ and new regulations to hit P2P infringement By Chris Williams • Get more from this author Posted in Law, 16th January 2009 12:49 GMT Updated Following its…
P2P Filesharing – responses to the consultation – BERR None of the options highlighted in the consultation won widespread support. Rather there was a marked polarisation of views between the rights holder community and consumers…
Slyck News – No Consensus Reached in UK P2P ‘Problem’ January 15, 2009, Thomas Mennecke Last year in October, UK’s BERR, or Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, published a consultation dealing with the…
Prince’s apology for racist term: “Prince Harry apologises after a video shows him using offensive language to describe an Asian member of his army platoon.” (Via BBC News.)
Watchdog exposes broadband speed rip-off: “Millions of internet customers are getting less than half the broadband speed they are paying for, restricting their ability to download music, film and games.” (Via Law News from Times…