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Privacy chief notified of 94 data breaches since HMRC debacle
The Information Commissioner has been notified of almost 100 data breaches by
public and private sector organisations since the loss of 25 million people's
details by HM Revenue and Customs last November, according to figures released
yesterday.
23/04/2008
Fewer, deadlier attacks hit corporate IT, reports BERR
Attacks on corporate IT networks are becoming fewer and more serious, according
to Government research. The study also claims that the falling numbers could be
an understatement of the true figures.
22/04/2008
Google starts Street View in Europe
EXCLUSIVE: Google has started recording the streets of its first non-US city for
its Street View service. Google vans with mounted cameras have been spotted on
the streets of Rome and Milan.
22/04/2008
Distribution of a copyright work requires transfer of ownership, rules ECJ
The exclusive right of a designer to prohibit distribution of its chairs was not
infringed by a shop that displayed replica chairs, the European Court of Justice
has said. It ruled that the distribution right is only infringed by a transfer
of ownership.
22/04/2008
File-sharing should not be a crime, says European Parliament
The European Parliament has said that copyright-infringing music and film
file-sharing should not be criminalised. The Parliament has said that
file-sharers should not be prosecuted as criminal offenders unless they seek to
profit from the sharing.
21/04/2008
Touting ban 'unworkable', says eBay
The Government will create a list of 'crown jewel' events whose tickets cannot
be sold on once bought. If the ticketing industry will not sign up to the
voluntary scheme the Government has threatened to legislate.
21/04/2008
P.S. Don't forget to celebrate World Intellectual Property Day this year!
OUT-LAW Radio: Why blind users are having trouble with PDFs
24/04/2008: We find that few authors of PDFs know how to make them accessible to blind users
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