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Israel to join list of 'adequate' data protection nations
Israel will become just the seventh country to have its data protection laws
approved by the European Union. The approval means that companies can transfer
personal data to that country freely, without breaking EU law.
28/10/2010
Most smartphone users breach employers’ security, says survey
More than half of mobile device users access their employer's networks every day
without permission, a survey has found. More than 80% of users of mobile
devices, whose security is not controlled by a company, say they have accessed
work information.
28/10/2010
Government consults on UK's corporate governance
The Government will investigate whether Britain's companies are being properly
run or whether failures in the checks and balances at the top of firms is
undermining the market for investment.
27/10/2010
Public bodies face compliance dilemma with Equality Act's demands
OPINION: Public authorities are having to gamble on how to try to meet the
impossible demands of new equalities legislation. Authorities will have to try
to second guess a consultation process if they are to have any chance of meeting
an April deadline.
26/10/2010
Consumer laws undermined by gaps and complexity, say Law commissions
Consumers face many situations in which a trader has broken unfair trading
regulations but they have no direct course of action, the Law Commission and Law
Commission of Scotland have said. Laws that could cover consumers are too
complex, they said.
25/10/2010
Government will not demand expanded consumer protection in new EU Directive
The Government will not ask the European Commission to extend consumer
protection laws covering unfair contract terms to additional charges connected
with a transaction.
22/10/2010
OUT-LAW Radio:
Famed whistleblower approves of new law
28/10/2010: We talk to Sherron Watkins, the woman credited with bringing Enron fraudsters to account, about the international reach of a new US law which guarantees payouts to whistleblowers.
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