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Commission takes UK to court over alleged privacy law failings
The European Commission is taking the UK to court, claiming that UK law does not
protect citizens' privacy as strongly as EU laws demand. The case centres on the
UK Government's response to the Phorm web monitoring scandal.
30/09/2010
Insurers must not distinguish between men and women, says ECJ advisor
Insurers must stop taking a person's sex into account when calculating
insurance, an advisor to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said.
30/09/2010
Law firm could face first £500,000 data leak fine
A law firm could be fined up to £500,000 by the Information Commissioner after
the sensitive personal data of thousands of people was reportedly made public in
error.
29/09/2010
New regulator takes over video-on-demand content supervision
Regulation of television and video content delivered over the internet has now
passed to the Association for Television On-Demand, or ATVOD, a former trade
body turned regulator.
27/09/2010
Commission vows action to cut roaming data premiums to almost zero
The European Commission will take action if mobile phone networks do not reduce
the cost of data services when used abroad, the Commissioner responsible for its
Digital Agenda has said.
27/09/2010
Tribunal orders Government department to release IT contract details
The Information Tribunal has ordered a Government department to publish most of
the till-now withheld details of a major IT contract after ruling that the
public interest was served better by disclosure than secrecy.
24/09/2010
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