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IP crimes Directive approved by European Parliament

A controversial Directive which criminalises intellectual property violations in Europe was approved yesterday by the European Parliament but does not include its most controversial element, the criminalising of patent infringement.
26/04/2007

October rule change won't be a data protection crisis, says expert

A data protection 'crisis' predicted by some experts has been overblown, and the law change behind it will affect only a very few organisations, according to a leading data protection expert.
26/04/2007

Attempt to limit FOI will be heard again on Friday

A controversial bill seeking to exempt members of parliament from the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act will be heard again this Friday. The proposal was the subject of a five-hour filibuster in Parliament last week.
24/04/2007

Comparative advertising rules clarified by European Court of Justice

A company can fall foul of EU rules restricting comparative advertising even if its advert does not mention a specific company, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.
23/04/2007

Barclays' chip and PIN readers will work for other banks

Barclays Bank is introducing a handheld chip and PIN card reader for the home in an escalation of its online banking security. Other chip and PIN cards will work with the Barclays device, not just cards issued by Barclays.
20/04/2007

ICANN wins court order against rogue registrar

Controversial US domain registrar RegisterFly has been ordered by a US court to hand all its customer and domain name data to the internet's governing body for domain names so that they can be transferred to other registrars.
20/04/2007