December 2007
Tue, Dec, 18 2007
The Financial Services Authority today published its proposals for the regulation of firms selling travel insurance along with a holiday. Such products, known as 'connected travel insurance', or CTI, will be regulated from 2009.
Mon, Dec, 17 2007
We're taking an extended Christmas break.
Mon, Dec, 17 2007
A small Norwegian web browser firm has complained to the European Commission that Microsoft's behaviour is damaging competition in Europe. Opera Software claims that Microsoft is unfairly tying Internet Explorer to its Windows operating system.
Mon, Dec, 17 2007
Members of the European Parliament have criticised EU anti-terror laws for violating basic human rights. The Parliament passed a resolution condemning EU bodies and member states for passing laws which undermine rights to privacy or fair trials.
Fri, Dec, 14 2007
Santa Claus is ignoring his environmental obligations and could be putting the lives of thousands of livestock and agricultural livelihoods at risk, according to experts in the field.
Fri, Dec, 14 2007
Amazon has been stripped of a shopping system patent, just weeks after it was forced to shrink the scope of its famous 'one click' patent. The European Patent Office (EPO) has revoked an Amazon patent on a gift ordering system.
Fri, Dec, 14 2007
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) will secure Britain's first criminal convictions for price-fixing if, as expected, three men who pleaded guilty in a Houston court this week travel to London to repeat their plea in the UK.
Fri, Dec, 14 2007
The Financial Times newspaper has won the right to publish stories obtained from a confidential leaked memo but has been ordered by a court to remove the whole memo from its website.
Thu, Dec, 13 2007
Santa Claus could be breaking a raft of employment laws designed to protect exploited and discriminated-against workers, according to one employment law expert.
Thu, Dec, 13 2007
Company chief executives are ignorant of rules about the storing of electronic information despite the fact that they will pay the penalty for failures to preserve information as evidence in disputes, according to an industry survey.
Wed, Dec, 12 2007
Santa Claus has been accused of putting his life and the lives of others at risk through breaches of health and safety laws. Brandy-loving present-giver Claus behaves recklessly and in direct contravention of UK legislation, experts said.
Wed, Dec, 12 2007
Almost half of Europe's companies outsource their IT, according to EU figures. The EU's statistics office Eurostat said that 44% of companies in Europe outsource some of their IT functions.
Wed, Dec, 12 2007
The Government has launched a consultation into how personal data is treated in the aftermath of the HM Revenue and Customs' loss of 25 million people's sensitive information.
Tue, Dec, 11 2007
Santa Claus's failure to alert children to their rights to full refunds within seven working days under the Distance Selling Regulations is in breach of those rules, an expert has warned.
Tue, Dec, 11 2007
Organisations must consider the impact on individuals’ privacy before developing new IT systems or changing the way they handle personal information, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will urge today.
Mon, Dec, 10 2007
Santa Claus could be breaking privacy laws in his collection and use of data about British children, experts have warned. Yuletide cheer-bringer Claus could be putting the personal data of millions of children at risk.
Mon, Dec, 10 2007
Rogue employers could face unlimited fines and agency workers will enjoy stronger protection under a new Employment Bill published by the Government on Friday. The reforms also abolish the current statutory disciplinary procedures.
Mon, Dec, 10 2007
An attempt to bring a private prosecution for the ancient offence of blasphemous libel has been thrown out by the High Court. Jerry Springer: the Opera is protected by free speech provisions in theatre and broadcasting laws, the court said.
Fri, Dec, 7 2007
Downloads of software, ringtones, games, music and movies sold to consumers will be taxed where the consumer is located instead of where the supplier is based with effect from 2015 under changes to Europe's VAT regime agreed on Tuesday.
Thu, Dec, 6 2007
A television producer who forgot about a three-year golden handcuffs deal caused a breakdown in the employer employee relationship before the employer did, the High Court has ruled. The producer must wait the three years before working for a rival.
Thu, Dec, 6 2007
A small English village has asked a provider of GPS data to take it off the map. Villagers said that dangerous truck traffic has rocketed in the tiny town since GPS use became ubiquitous.
Wed, Dec, 5 2007
The businessmen behind some of the rock world's biggest names have called for a levy on the concert ticket aftermarket, where people sell on tickets they have bought for profit or because they cannot go to a concert.
Wed, Dec, 5 2007
Providers of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone services will have to connect calls to emergency services within an year, telecoms regulator Ofcom has ruled.
Wed, Dec, 5 2007
A French Government watchdog is trying to shut down eBay in France. The Council of Sales regulates auction houses and has said that the site should be bound by strict French auction rules.
Wed, Dec, 5 2007
The European Commission wants laws to be passed across Europe that would force telecoms companies to tell customers when personal data security has been breached. Security breach laws are common in the US but are still controversial.
Wed, Dec, 5 2007
The head of risk at credit card firm Visa has called for greater security in retail payment systems. The call came as a deal was announced under which TK Maxx owner TJX will pay out $41 million over its recent customer data breach.
Tue, Dec, 4 2007
A technology law expert has called on the business world to set up a policing outfit to tackle cybersquatters. The call came as Dell raised the stakes in the fight against domain hoarders, demanding compensation of $1 million per name in a lawsuit.
Tue, Dec, 4 2007
The Information Commissioner will have the chance to lobby MPs for greater powers in the wake of the HM Revenue & Customs data loss scare when he is grilled by the House of Commons Justice Committee today.
Tue, Dec, 4 2007
Nude pictures website Perfect 10 has failed in its bid to have the US Supreme Court back its case against credit card payment processors. The firm had claimed the processors are responsible for piracy of Perfect 10 images.
Mon, Dec, 3 2007
A US court has refused a rehearing of a case brought by Major League Baseball against the operator of a fantasy baseball league. If a fantasy soccer league was challenged in British courts, the result is likely to be the same, according to a legal expert.
Mon, Dec, 3 2007
Social networking site Facebook has said that it will no longer automatically tell people's friends of their online activities after an outcry claiming that its new advertising service was a violation of users' privacy.
Mon, Dec, 3 2007
Almost half of employees think that their boss is dishonest during appraisal processes, while a third think the whole process is a waste of time, according to research by productivity body Investors in People.
