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23 Dec 2011
A marketing company has been banned from involvement in the provision of premium rate services (PRS) for six months after it sent unsolicited text messages to mobile phone users.
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22 Dec 2011
Shutting down social media during times of civil unrest would be "actively unhelpful" and should not happen, a committee of MPs has said.
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20 Dec 2011
Information society service providers are not obliged to monitor users' activity in order to identify and prevent copyright infringement because such a requirement would lead to the invasion of users' privacy, an Italian court has ruled.
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19 Dec 2011
Web giant Google’s mobile payment application Google Wallet stores users’ personal information unencrypted on devices, according to new research from US-based analysts viaForensics.
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15 Dec 2011
The Government has proposed legalising the creation mp3 copies of CDs for use on an mp3 player, 'data mining' for non-commercial use and allowing for the licensing of material where the copyright holder cannot be traced in proposals to "modernise" copyright...
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15 Dec 2011
OPINION: When Europe introduced new rules on cookies many, including us, were up in arms about the confusing implementation of a potentially troubling law. But new guidance from the privacy regulator may give web publishers a glimmer of hope.
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15 Dec 2011
Website publishers must do more to make sure that they are in compliance with new laws introduced this year on informing web users about the use of cookies, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said.
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14 Dec 2011
Different categories of data subject and stricter criteria for the processing of personal data could be introduced under leaked proposals dealing with how data can be shared between Europe's law enforcement authorities.
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13 Dec 2011
Two teenagers who admitted to attempting to organise a riot in Dundee via Facebook while similar events were taking place in England have each been jailed for three years, according to press reports.
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12 Dec 2011
Electronic communication providers should inform the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) about breaches to service users' personal data on a monthly basis, the ICO has said.
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