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30 Jul 2004
The UK's Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering yesterday published an independent study into the implications, applications and potential regulation of nanotechnology, recommending that more research and tighter regulation are required.
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30 Jul 2004
The Home Affairs Select Committee has published a majority report that approves, in principle, Government plans for an identity card – but warns of serious shortcomings in the detail of the proposals, and finds some elements of the Government's...
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30 Jul 2004
A new privacy law came into force on 1st July, demanding that all commercial web sites that collect "personally identifiable information" from users in California must now have a conspicuous privacy policy on their web sites – even if based overseas....
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30 Jul 2004
The Indian Government announced on Wednesday that laws to introduce a new data protection regime, which will help European and US companies when outsourcing to the sub-continent, are likely to be in place within the next few months.
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29 Jul 2004
British businesses are finding it hard to cope with the volume and complexity of rules and regulations governing the use of IT in the workplace, according to new research from internet solutions provider Star Internet.
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29 Jul 2004
Russian hackers involved in an extortion racket that cost British business around £40 million in damages were arrested last week in a joint operation between the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit and its Russian counterparts.
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29 Jul 2004
Privacy International last night announced the winners of its Big Brother Awards 2004, the sixth year that the privacy group has run a competition to name those who have "done the most to devastate privacy and civil liberties in the UK".
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29 Jul 2004
The Irish communications regulator yesterday launched a consultation on proposals for combating the growing problem of rogue diallers – including the suspension of direct dial access to destinations such as the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and French...
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29 Jul 2004
An advertising watchdog yesterday ruled against O2 after a complaint that the mobile company's text message marketing failed to provide an opt-out. But SMS marketers, it seems, receive confusing messages.
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28 Jul 2004
The UK's Court of Appeal has upheld a ruling that Nestlé could not make material amendments to a trade mark application in the middle of the application process. The confectionary giant wanted to protect the shape of a Polo mint.
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