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30 Apr 2008
The internet is now the second most complained-about advertising medium, overtaking newspapers and magazines for the first time.
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30 Apr 2008
A leading computer security company has uncovered evidence that authors of software designed to steal information from infected computers are trying to enforce their intellectual property rights in the underground malware community.
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29 Apr 2008
The privacy regulator for EU institutions wants to be involved in EU-funded technology research and development programmes from the outset to ensure 'privacy by design', he has said.
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29 Apr 2008
A landowner who said that an advert depicting a car on his land invaded his privacy has had his claim rejected. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the land was not an identifiable possession of the man.
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29 Apr 2008
Record labels would have to set up special funds to pay royalties to session musicians under copyright reforms proposed by EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy.
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29 Apr 2008
The premium-rate phone line regulator has appointed a new adjudication panel and new guidelines for punishments for breakers of its Code of Practice.
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28 Apr 2008
Banks, building societies, insurance companies and financial advisers need to do more to prevent their customers falling victim to identity fraud, the Financial Services Authority has warned in a new report.
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28 Apr 2008
The head of media and telecoms regulator Ofcom has thrown his weight behind content producers who claim they should not pay for telco network upgrades just because they make video content available.
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28 Apr 2008
The House of Lords has proposed making it a criminal offence to disclose personal information intentionally or recklessly. The Lords passed an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, defeating the Government.
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28 Apr 2008
High bank charges can be assessed under consumer protection law, the High Court has ruled. It has given the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) permission to assess how fair banking and overdraft charges are.
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