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30 Jun 2004
The UK Government yesterday launched a consultation into the country's culture of long working hours and how this is affected by an opt-out provision of the EU Working Time Directive which is widely exploited to keep a worker's week above 48 hours.
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30 Jun 2004
In a 5-4 majority ruling, the US Supreme Court yesterday upheld an injunction that prevents the Government from enforcing the highly controversial Child Online Protection Act, which aims to protect children from viewing internet pornography.
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30 Jun 2004
The Computer Misuse Act needs changing. But the All Party Internet Group (APIG), which today published its report into the UK's main cybercrime legislation, recommended that Parliament applies only a very light touch.
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30 Jun 2004
As advocates battle retailers like Wal-Mart on the risks and benefits of radio frequency identification (RFID), Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner has published her view of what these standards should be – in the context of the province's...
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30 Jun 2004
BT yesterday announced that it would block calls to premium rate numbers that are associated with rogue diallers – software that installs a default dial-up number onto an unwitting person's computer to call a premium rate number.
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29 Jun 2004
The European Commission confirmed on Sunday that it would suspend the enforcement of an antitrust ruling against Microsoft until the European Court of First Instance had decided whether a suspension was actually appropriate.
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29 Jun 2004
The BBC, Channel 4 and ITV announced last week that they would shortly be providing additional audio commentary that describes what is happening on screen, a service described as "a great step forward" for visually impaired viewers of digital satellite...
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29 Jun 2004
An antitrust action against Microsoft is expected to settle with a payment, to direct purchasers of Windows, of around $104.6 million. The settlement, brought on behalf of Arizona consumers, will also benefit local schools.
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29 Jun 2004
The Senate passed controversial legislation on Friday that will allow the US Department of Justice to bring civil rather than criminal actions against individuals – such as file-swappers – accused of copyright infringements.
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28 Jun 2004
Princess Caroline of Monaco won a landmark ruling from the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday, which confirmed that the publishing of paparazzi photographs taken of the Princess in a public place was a violation of her right to privacy.
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