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Government orders data retention by ISPs
Phone and internet companies will soon be forced to keep logs of internet usage
to be made available to the police under a new law announced by Prime Minister
Gordon Brown this week.
15/05/2008
Italian government faces storm over publication of everyone's income
The outgoing Italian government put all the country's citizens at risk of
identity theft and physical attacks when it published the names, incomes and
amounts of tax paid by every citizen.
13/05/2008
One in three airline sites breaks consumer laws
One in three European airline ticket websites is breaking consumer protection
laws, the European Commission has said. It said that almost 60% of investigated
sites published misleading pricing details.
13/05/2008
Insurance aggregation sites can be unfair, says regulator
Some insurance price comparison websites are unclear, unfair and provide
inaccurate information, the financial industry regulator the Financial Services
Authority (FSA) has warned.
13/05/2008
Computer Misuse Act changes are delayed further
Denial of service attacks will not be criminalised in England and Wales for
another six months despite measures lying unused in existing laws since 2006.
Changes to the Computer Misuse Act will not be activated until October.
12/05/2008
Information Commissioner gets power to fine for privacy breaches
The Information Commissioner has been given the ability to fine organisations if
their operational procedures cause a gross breach of data protection principles.
The move, which had not been expected, follows a Government defeat in the House
of Lords.
12/05/2008
OUT-LAW Radio: Web TV operation says copyright law gives it licence
15/05//2008: Live web TV operator Zattoo.com defends its approach to simulcasting UK broadcasters' content without their permission
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