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31 May 2001
Next month will see discussions on an international treaty which could make web sites and ISPs more exposed to lawsuits from other countries, whilst posing major dilemmas for internet multinationals.
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31 May 2001
The Better Business Bureau (BBB), a US organisation that offers dispute resolution and advisory services for businesses, is objecting to another business information organisation deep linking to its web site.
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31 May 2001
Hormel Foods Corporation, the maker of Spam luncheon meat, has accepted the use of the term “spam” as a word for junk e-mail, provided the alternative meaning is written in lower case and its product referred to in capitals. This concession...
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31 May 2001
Nearly 80% of major US companies monitor their employees by checking their e-mail, internet, or telephone connections or by videotaping them at work, according to a recent survey by the American Management Association of 1,627 large and mid-sized US firms.
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30 May 2001
The 27th and final draft of a convention to harmonise laws on hacking, piracy, on-line fraud and child pornography has been prepared by the 43-member Council of Europe with the support of the Governments of the US and Japan.
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30 May 2001
New York banks involved in the flotation of dot.coms during the late 1990’s internet boom are facing 21 class action lawsuits over allegations of flotation irregularities, according to a report by The Times.
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30 May 2001
E-mail users should be using encryption software for sensitive communications to counter the alleged US-led spying network Echelon, according to a European Parliament report. Echelon is the code-name for a global intelligence gathering network created...
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30 May 2001
An advertising industry group says it will soon begin lobbying the European Commission over its green paper called Rome II that would, if implemented, cover cross-border liability in situations where there is no contract, for example, defamation and product...
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29 May 2001
Amazon.com did not deceive consumers in its revised privacy policy and the information it gave consumers on how it might disclose their data, according to a letter by the US Federal Trade Commission to pressure groups Electronic Privacy Information Centre...
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29 May 2001
David Brooks, a Van Gogh expert from Toronto with a web site containing digital reproductions of the artist’s works is suing a Dutch web site owner under European database rights, saying he has no rights to reproduce material from his site, according...
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