EU mulls intervention over BT’s secret Phorm trials: Your views sought The European Commission is considering intervening over the failure of UK data watchdogs to punish BT for the way it secretly co-opted tens of…
MPs propose new safeguards for Government uses of personal data: “A Parliamentary committee has called on the Government to be more transparent about its uses of personal data and to adopt ‘a principle of data…
UK is not a surveillance society, MPs claim: “ Well, not yet anyway The Home Affairs Committee has called on the government to follow a ‘minimum data, held for the minumum time’ approach to British…
Basically they call for more controls, blocking, and censorship. House of Commons Hansard Debates for 04 Jun 2008 (pt 0023): “4 Jun 2008 : Column 893 Internet Regulation Motion made, and Question proposed, That this…
Virgin Media and BPI join forces to attack illegal filesharing: “ Let’s make threatening music together Virgin Media will launch a campaign against illegal downloading next week, when it’ll begin firing off warning letters to…
ISPs sign up to Ofcom Code on broadband speeds: “A Code of Practice to ensure that internet service providers (ISPs) offer greater clarity over customers’ broadband line speeds was published by Ofcom today. The Code…
Download al Qaeda manuals from the DoJ, go to prison?: In the UK it’s all down to your motivation Analysis If you download ‘the al Qaeda manual,’ never share it, even if you’re a scholar-in-training…
The New Order: When reading is a crime: “ Download a book, get arrested Is this what it is going to be like? When simple possession of a proscribed document will be enough to see…
Half of UK firms have sacked errant emailers: “Nearly half of UK companies have fired workers in the past year because of abuses of email. Over half of UK firms regularly audit employees’ email to…
British newspaper websites liable in France for privacy invasion: “Two British newspaper publishers have been fined in French courts because they violated French privacy laws. The publishers were liable because the articles were viewed in…