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McKinnon renews appeal for UK trial
NASA hacker Gary McKinnon has renewed his appeal to be tried in the UK and not
extradited to the US. McKinnon's lawyer has sent a letter to the Director of
Public Prosecutions (DPP) in which he admits to carrying out the hacks.
14/01/2009
Companies need certainty before they will self-report, says expert
Companies which uncover irregularities in their operations will only report
themselves to the authorities in large numbers once they are given guarantees
about how they will be treated, a litigation specialist has warned.
13/01/2009
Document destruction renders patents unenforceable, says US court
A set of patents cannot be enforced because the patent owning company followed a
policy of destroying documents, a US court has said. Rambus has been barred by a
Delaware court from enforcing 12 of its patents because of the policy.
13/01/2009
Ad was not offensive because obviously a spoof, rules ad watchdog
An online gadget retailer's promotion for a USB fertility device was not
offensive because it was clearly a spoof, advertising watchdog the Advertising
Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled.
14/01/2009
British data protection standard is published
A set of instructions on how organisations can stay within the Data Protection
Act (DPA) while storing personal information has been published by British
Standards (BSI).
14/01/2009
EU privacy watchdog laments weakened privacy proposals
The European Union's Council of Ministers has weakened proposals to overhaul EU
privacy laws and left people with fewer protections for their personal
information, the privacy watchdog for EU institutions has warned.
13/01/2009
OUT-LAW Radio: The verdict on outgoing privacy watchdog
15/01/2009: As Richard Thomas prepares to step aside as the UK's
Information Commissioner and his successor is named, we ask: how good a job
did he do?
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