Post from: TorrentFreak “ No Solace for Bond: Movie Pirates Evade Camcorder Spies: “ Hitting US theaters this week, the latest Bond movie ‘Quantum of Solace’ has already been released in the UK. However, despite…
Data retention laws: what they mean for ISPs: “Under an anti-terrorism law passed after September 11 2001, details of every website visited, email sent and phone call made in the UK can be made available…
UK Government consults on consumer protection law overhaul: “The Government has asked businesses whether they back a set of consumer protection laws proposed by the European Commission. If the proposals become law then retailers across…
Denial of Service and distributing hacking tools finally criminalised: “A law criminalising denial of service attacks and the supply of hacking tools has been brought into force in England and Wales after a number of…
Virgin Atlantic sacks 13 over Facebook comments: “Virgin Atlantic has dismissed 13 staff because of comments they made on social networking site Facebook. The staff, all cabin crew, broke the company’s policies, the airline said.”…
Businesses don’t trust police over e-crime, survey finds: “Electronic crime is becoming more common and more sophisticated, partly because the UK police response is inadequate, large firms have said. Most do not report e-crime because…
Count page views, not site visits, when suing for internet libel: “Courts cannot assume that online material has been read without some evidence in libel cases, a court has ruled. The court cannot simply infer…
John Ozimek: A victory for the terrorists | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk Website censorship erodes the very freedoms that the home secretary purports to defend. John Ozimek, guardian.co.uk, Sunday November 02 2008 20.00 GMT…
(Via Techdirt.) UK Lawyers Video Game Piracy Shakedown Catching Plenty Of Innocent Bystanders: “Last time we checked in with UK law firm Davenport Lyons, they were trying to set up a shakedown process where they…
BBC News: Cybercrime wave sweeping Britain Cybercrime in the UK rose by more than 9% in 2007, according to a new report. Online identity firm Garlik’s cybercrime report claims that more than 3.5 million online…