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FOI requests grow to numbers not seen since laws' introduction, says Government
The public asked for the release of more information from public bodies at the
start of this year than at any time since the immediate aftermath of the
enactment of freedom of information (FOI) laws, the Government has said.
07/07/2011
Government could ask Ofcom to protect business interests, says minister
Ofcom may be asked to look after the interests of businesses as well as those of
consumers, the UK's culture minister has said. There is "a legitimate argument"
for such a change, the minister said.
07/07/2011
Amazon's 'one-click' payment method too obvious to patent, European Patent Office rules
A payment system devised by online retail giant Amazon is too obvious to patent,
the European Patent Office (EPO) has ruled.
06/07/2011
Legal protection should only be given to artists who sign up for copyright exchange, says musicians' rights campaigner
The Government should approve the creation of a new digital copyright exchange
and should make some legal protections available only to musicians who sign up
to it, a campaigner for music artists' interests has said.
06/07/2011
Public authorities should demonstrate equality commitments, proposed new regulations say
Public authorities should have to publish annual reports that prove they comply
with new UK equality laws from 2012, proposed new regulations say.
05/07/2011
EU customer cloud data could be accessed by US terrorism investigators, Microsoft says
Personal information belonging to EU users of US-owned cloud-based services
could be shared with US law enforcers without the user being informed, Microsoft
has said.
01/07/2011
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