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All Legislation and Regulation News - February 2008

Broadband providers making it hard for customers to switch, despite Ofcom rules

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 18 February 2008

Broadband providers are still making it hard for customers to switch provider, despite regulator Ofcom bringing in new regulations a year ago.

SMEs unaware of WEEE regulations, says Environment Agency

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Author: Rebecca Thomson
Date: 14 February 2008

Most SMEs are still unaware of the WEEE regulations, a year after the directive was first announced, the Environment Agency has announced.

Software developers gain limited rights to patent software

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Author: Ian Grant
Date: 11 February 2008

Software developers have won back the right to patent programs in Britain, but only in strictly limited circumstances.

Lords committee to re-open inquiry into data security

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Author: Rebecca Thomson
Date: 11 February 2008

An influential House of Lords committee is to re-open an inquiry into e-crime and the security of personal data on the internet after members of the committee branded the government's reactions to its recommendations as "vacuous, idle and irrelevant".

Sky’s EDS legal fees to rise to £18m

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Author: John-Paul Kamath
Date: 07 February 2008

BSkyb's ongoing court action against EDS will cost it £18m in legal fees this financial year - a rise of £6m on the total in 2007.

Microsoft may turn to regulators if Google launches bid for Yahoo

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Author: Karl Flinders
Date: 05 February 2008

Microsoft could, for once, welcome the regulators if Google approaches Yahoo to form an alliance in an attempt to stave off Microsoft's £22bn bid for the search-engine company.

Council websites face Socitm report

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 04 February 2008

Public sector IT managers body Socitm is to add an accessibility supplement to its annual report on local authority websites, due out on 3 March.

Councils should introduce e-petitions to boost citizen power, research paper says

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 01 February 2008

Councils should introduce Scottish-style e-petitions to engage people in local politics, according to a New Local Government Network (NLGN) research paper.

FSA ready for surge in fraudulent trades

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Author: Karl Flinders
Date: 01 February 2008

The Financial Services Authority has said it is confident that its anti-fraud monitoring system will cope with an expected rise in fraudulent trading as economic uncertainty mounts.

Flybe encrypts customers’ credit card details

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Author: Ian Grant
Date: 01 February 2008

Low-cost airline Flybe is encrypting customers' credit card data and consolidated reports about network traffic and security incidents to comply with the Payment Card Industry's Data Security Standard.

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