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31 May 2007
Telecoms regulator Ofcom has ordered that from September, callers to so-called 'personal numbers', which start with the digits 070, must hear a warning on the call's cost for free before being connected if the call will cost more than 20 pence.
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31 May 2007
Accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon's final appeal against extradition edged forward on Tuesday after judges defined the two points that might merit consideration by the Law Lords.
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31 May 2007
Updates to Germany's computer crime laws banning so-called "hacking tools" have been criticised as ill-considered and counterproductive.
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31 May 2007
Gordon Brown has been warned that plans to simplify VAT rules will severely impair the European Union's ongoing battle against tax fraud.
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31 May 2007
Children under the age of 16 are regularly visiting websites that have been prohibited by their parents, divulge personal details to strangers and meet up with people they met online, according to research published today.
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30 May 2007
Online music retailer CD WOW! will continue its legal fight against the music industry despite a £35 million award against it in the UK courts this week. The firm says that it will take the battle to the European Court of Justice if it can.
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30 May 2007
A letter from an influential group of privacy experts in Europe saying that Google’s new privacy policies appear to breach the requirements of the EU’s data protection regime was published today.
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30 May 2007
Chatroom users who watched a man hang himself live via webcam in March will not face any charges, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has confirmed.
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26 May 2007
More than a third of employees who keep personal blogs are posting information about their employer, workplace or colleagues and risk dismissal, according to new research.
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26 May 2007
The French data protection authority has fined a subsidiary of US firm Tyco Healthcare over the transfer of employee information across borders and inadequate data safeguards. Tyco Healthcare France was fined €30,000.
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