The use and value of ‘internet connection records’ (ICRs) in helping detect, prevent and investigate serious crime and terrorism should be assessed to help decide whether providers should be forced […]
Continue Reading →The EU’s telecoms market should be regulated by a single authority, two committees at the European Parliament have said. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Germany’s competition regulator has ordered an online hotel booking platform to delete a clause from its contracts that stopped hotels in Germany offering rooms for lower prices on their own […]
Continue Reading →Some of the world’s biggest technology companies have called on the UK government to ensure that planned new communication surveillance laws do not “create conflicting legal obligations” for communications providers […]
Continue Reading →One third of major UK government projects planned for completion in the next five years are “in doubt or unachievable”, according to analysis by the National Audit Office (NAO). Read […]
Continue Reading →UK-based technology companies benefited from more than 70% more venture capital (VC) funding in 2015 than during the previous year, according to newly published research. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The Qatar cabinet has approved a draft privacy law that aims to protect residents against spam messages via email or on mobile phones, the Qatar News Agency said . Read […]
Continue Reading →FOCUS: Both customers and suppliers can learn lessons on outsourcing from a recent dispute ruled on by the High Court in London. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →FOCUS: New cyber security laws agreed on by EU law makers in early December are set to impact on a large number of businesses. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Reforms to defamation laws in England and Wales have helped to prevent “trivial claims” being brought before the courts, a campaign group has said. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →New UK regulations are set to come into force at the end of this year to allow telecoms providers to use special devices to provide wireless data services via the […]
Continue Reading →The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Telegraph Media Group £30,000 after finding it responsible for a serious breach of UK privacy rules. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →The European Patent Office (EPO) has said that “a complete secondary legal framework” to underpin the unitary patent and Unified Patent Court (UPC) reforms has now been established. Read Complete […]
Continue Reading →WhatsApp, Skype and other over-the-top communication service providers should be responsible for retaining communications data relevant to their own services under planned new UK surveillance laws, the head of corporate […]
Continue Reading →The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its first consultation on how it intends to implement planned changes to the EU’s trading rulebook. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Reforms to EU trade mark laws finalised this week could open the way for non-conventional trade marks to be registered, like smells, noises and even music, an expert has said. […]
Continue Reading →The EU, US and China, along with 50 other members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have agreed to remove tariffs from 201 IT products. Read Complete Article
Continue Reading →Rules designed to enable consumers to move their data from one platform to another should not be so costly to comply with that they serve as a “barrier to entry” […]
Continue Reading →Communication providers will need to invest in new equipment if they are to capture people’s internet connection records (ICRs) and comply with planned new UK surveillance laws, three major UK […]
Continue Reading →Most EU countries want policy makers to draft new data retention legislation that would apply across the entire trading bloc, according to a branch of the Council of Ministers. Read […]
Continue Reading →Proposed new EU laws would give consumers new rights of remedy and redress in relation to digital content supplied to them that is faulty or which otherwise fails to conform […]
Continue Reading →Businesses and consumers could be able to sanction low-value payments, payments made to “trusted beneficiaries” and the transfer of funds between different payment accounts they have without having to complete […]
Continue Reading →German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom is to offer new cloud computing services to businesses from “highly secure data centres in Germany” beginning this month, the company has announced. Read Complete […]
Continue Reading →Samsung will pay Apple $548 million as part of a long-running patent dispute between the companies, according to US court documents. Read Complete Article
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