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Prosecutors investigate Deutsche Telekom over data misuse
German prosecutors have begun an investigation into allegations of data misuse
by telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom. Today's announcement follows the company's
admission earlier in the week that phone call records had been misused.
29/05/2008
Half of UK firms have sacked errant emailers
Nearly half of UK companies have fired workers in the past year because of
abuses of email. Over half of UK firms regularly audit employees' email to make
sure they are complying with company rules, a survey has found.
29/05/2008
British newspaper websites liable in France for privacy invasion
Two British newspaper publishers have been fined in French courts because they
violated French privacy laws. The publishers were liable because the articles
were viewed in France on the internet.
29/05/2008
Court revokes Aerotel's landmark patent
One of the patents at the heart of a landmark UK ruling on patentable subject
matter has been revoked. Aerotel has lost the right to its patent for telephone
systems in a case against phone service provider WaveCrest.
28/05/2008
Software was sold, not licensed, says US court
A Seattle man is free to sell second-hand software on eBay, a US court has said.
It found that the maker of the software, Autodesk, could not stop the resale by
claiming that its software is licensed rather than sold.
28/05/2008
Privacy watchdog opposes giant telecoms database
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has criticised proposals to build
one Government-owned database to hold a log of phone calls, email and internet
use in the UK. The ICO has said that the move would be unjustified.
27/05/2008
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