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28 Sep 2007
A dead woman's medical records should not be released because a duty of confidentiality survives her death, the Information Tribunal has ruled. The decision backs an earlier ruling by the Information Commissioner.
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28 Sep 2007
As many as 95% of CCTV systems in the UK are operating illegally, according to a CCTV expert. The revelation comes as new legislation is about to take effect in Scotland which could render even more systems illegal.
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28 Sep 2007
The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a controversial case in which LG Electronics is accused of trying to "shake down the entire computer industry for several billion dollars in duplicative licensing fees".
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27 Sep 2007
EDITORIAL: Barely a day goes by without Google or Microsoft or some other company with vast vaults of our personal data tweaking its privacy policy.
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27 Sep 2007
IBM faces virtual reality's first picket line today at the company's offices in online community Second Life. Workers have taken their industrial relations dispute online and have received attention and backing from all over the real world.
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26 Sep 2007
The leak of 45 million people's credit card information was caused by retailer TJX gathering too much data and not protecting it properly, according to the Canadian Privacy Commissioner.
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26 Sep 2007
Media regulator Ofcom has fined broadcaster GMTV £2 million over its misconduct in viewer competitions over a four year period. It is the highest fine ever issued to a broadcaster by Ofcom, which said that up to 25 million people may have been cheated....
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25 Sep 2007
Premium rate phone line regulator ICSTIS has fined phone line company Opera Telecom £250,000 for what it says is the worst case of premium line abuse it has ever come across. The fine relates to competitions run for ITV's GMTV programme.
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25 Sep 2007
A file-sharing website at the centre of a music and film piracy storm has filed a criminal complaint in Sweden against the biggest corporate names in entertainment, claiming sabotage, hacking and spamming.
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25 Sep 2007
Apple has warned that any buyer of its iPhone who has attempted to make the mobile phone work with alternative mobile networks could find the phone broken when it is next updated.
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