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Firms must go to court to stop every counterfeit consignment entering UK, says HMRC
Companies will have to go to court every time they want counterfeit goods to be
stopped at the UK's borders following a policy change that could send costs soaring for
intellectual property rights holders.
25/06/2009
Regional e-crime squads to be created to combat cybercrime
Police forces across the UK plan to pool their e-crime specialists to create
regional cybercrime squads. The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) said that
that e-crime policing needed a "more consistent" approach.
25/06/2009
How the premium-rate regulator will target content producers
The premium rate phone regulator has published proposals which would make the
companies behind premium services more accountable for their actions. PhonepayPlus has said that
all the companies involved in a service should be responsible for its failings.
24/06/2009
Council MD did not lie about health in £1m claim, says High Court
The managing director of a local authority did not mislead her employer when she
failed to tell them that she had suffered from depression, the High Court has ruled. She will
not have to repay the nearly £1 million claimed from her by the council.
23/06/2009
Manchester Council's unencrypted laptop loss broke data protection law, says regulator
Manchester City Council broke the Data Protection Act when it failed to encrypt
laptop computers containing data on nearly two thousand workers. The local authority
has promised to ensure all mobile computers are encrypted.
23/06/2009
UK Government commits to cloud computing for public sector
The Government has asked all public sector bodies to make future IT purchases
consistent with cloud computing so that it can move all its digital services into a private,
secure 'cloud' called 'G-cloud' for government bodies.
23/06/2009
OUT-LAW Radio: Links and levies
25/06/2009: We delve into the world of clippings services as a newspaper
body tries to get media monitoring agencies and clients to pay up for
forwarding web links
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