IT Legislation

Stop sign

Internet Watch Foundation welcomes ISP anti-child porn funding

News 19 Jun, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

BT, Sky, Talk Talk and Virgin Media have pledged £1m in additional funding to help clamp down on child pornography.

Website blocking

ISPs to rollout default porn blocks by 2014, reveals MP

News 17 Jun, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Internet service providers will need to provide switched-on parental filters as standard.

Apple to face trial in US over alleged e-book price fixing

News 3 Jun, 2013 Reuters

Cupertino giant only defendent not to have settled out of court.

online censorship

Google reiterates "zero-tolerance" stance to child pornography in search results

News 31 May, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Internet giant reinforces commitment to blocking child abuse content from search results.

Google and Facebook reject ‘Snooper’s Charter’

News 31 May, 2013 Jane McCallion

Internet giants tell Home Secretary Theresa May what they make of the Communications Data Bill.

Google Sign

EU to demand more antitrust concessions from Google

News 28 May, 2013 Rene Millman

Almunia "almost 100 per cent" certain to ask search giant to improve settlement offer

Patented

Microsoft hit with second Skype patent suit

News 2 May, 2013 Jane McCallion

CopyTele alleges VoIP service encryption systems infringe its IP.

Internet search

Google sets out antitrust case concessions to European regulators

News 26 Apr, 2013 Rene Millman

Search giant offers to promote rival services more prominently in results.

US Government access to private email reviewed in Congress

News 20 Mar, 2013 Reuters

Legal inconsistencies over access to private comminications called into question

spying

Human rights group brands five companies "enemies of the internet"

News 14 Mar, 2013 Rene Millman

Reporters Without Borders slams "digital era mercenaries" as well as five countries.

Piracy

UK court orders blocking of more torrent websites

News 28 Feb, 2013 Rene Millman

H33T, Fenopy and Kickass Torrents get blocked

Europe

EC grants €50 million to fund 5G mobile technology

News 27 Feb, 2013 Rene Millman

Moves to put Europe back in mobile driving seat.

Internet search

EU plans to curtail use of data by Facebook and Google

News 10 Jan, 2013 Reuters

European lawmakers want to impose limits on how internet firms use people's data.

social media

Offensive tweeters may be spared from prosecution

News 19 Dec, 2012 Rene Millman

But users could still be prosecuted for retweeting some messages, the director of public prosecutions has warned.

Spies?

Spooks, snoopers, and the Communications Data Bill

Analysis & Insight 13 Dec, 2012 Stephen Pritchard

Inside the Enterprise: Privacy bodies have raised their concerns about the proposed law. But the impact on business also needs further scrutiny.

Cyber security Francis Maude

UK government planning "Cyber Territorial Army"

News 3 Dec, 2012 Rene Millman

IT reservists needed to combat threat of foreign hackers.

Taxes word cloud

Australia crack down on tax avoidance could scare away investors, sources claim

News 3 Dec, 2012 Reuters

Government attempts to reign in tax losses from multinationals such as Google could scare away investors

George Osborne

Chancellor proposes shares-for-rights for growth companies

News 8 Oct, 2012 Stephen Pritchard

"Employee owners" will be able to trade employment rights for tax breaks.

EU flag

EU Trademark Rule blamed for spiralling cost of enterprise IT

News 8 Oct, 2012 Caroline Donnelly

IT repair firm Comtek claims EU rules on parallel imports could result in job losses and extortionate IT costs for enterprise users.

Spy

ICO orders clampdown on cookie law breakers

News 13 Sep, 2012 Rene Millman

ICO warns companies, obey cookie rules or face legal action.

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