IT legislation and regulation
Understanding the law as it applies to IT management can be one of the hardest task for IT leaders, but the growing burden of regulatory compliance makes it essential. Legislation and regulation affects enterprise IT in many ways, not just in long-standing tasks such as contracts and software licensing. We examine the latest legal development and how they affect IT managers, and talk to the experts in IT legislation and regulation to explain what it means to your organisation.
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11 Jul 2025
EU broadband challengers warn of fixed connectivity monopolies
Non-incumbent EU fixed broadband providers raise alarm at proposed legislation, insisting that regulatory certainty is needed to drive investment in connectivity Continue Reading
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11 Jul 2025
MoD supply chain cyber scheme gets up and running
The Ministry of Defence and IASME have launched a certification scheme for organisations working in the UK defence supply chain, with construction firm Morgan Sindall the first business to achieve compliance. Continue Reading
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28 Jul 2003
Court blocks former ICL solicitor's Pathway claim
Fujitsu has won a court ruling to stop a former solicitor for the company pursuing allegations about the government's disastrous... Continue Reading
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28 Apr 2003
Fujitsu won £800m Post Office contract after misrepresenting itself, says lawyer
High Court claim by ex-employee makes damning accusations Continue Reading
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05 Feb 2003
NHS £5bn IT procurement finally begins
The Department of Health (DoH) has launched the formal procurement process for its £5bn restructuring of NHS IT. Continue Reading
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20 Jun 2002
MoD's Chinook tactics spark a constitutional row
Chinook: The MoD's actions over the crash of Chinook ZD576 could have legal ramifications Continue Reading
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20 Mar 2002
MPs from all parties unite in fight to clear Chinook pilots
This week the Tories led an unprecedented all-party move to get the Government to clear the names of the pilots blamed for the... Continue Reading
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07 Feb 2002
Lessons to be learned from Chinook tragedy
Since 1997, Computer Weekly has studied the IT-related lessons from the crash of Chinook helicopter ZD576 on the Mull of Kintyre... Continue Reading
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31 Jan 2002
Lords prepare to release Chinook verdict report
The House of Lords will publish a report next Tuesday on whether pilot negligence or a possible technical malfunction was the... Continue Reading
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08 Nov 2001
RAF Chinook pilots could be vindicated
Details of an RAF Board of Inquiry report into the crash of a Chinook helicopter on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994 were revealed for... Continue Reading
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25 Oct 2001
Top Chinook test pilot reveals unease over engine software
A campaign by Computer Weekly and Channel Four News has sought to show that a computer problem not pilot error could have led to... Continue Reading
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25 Oct 2001
Chinook pilots feared onboard software
RAF pilots refused to fly the Chinook Mk2 helicopter for even short journeys before the fatal Mull of Kintyre crash due to... Continue Reading
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27 Sep 2001
Chinook hearing begins
A new inquiry into the crash of a Chinook helicopter on the Mull of Kintyre in June 1994 is due to begin this week in the House... Continue Reading
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21 Sep 2001
Now Via sues Intel to block sales of Pentium 4
Via Technologies is seeking to stop sales of the Pentium 4 family of microprocessors through a lawsuit filed on 10 September... Continue Reading
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10 Sep 2001
Via ups the Intel ante
Via Technologies has hit back in its war with Intel by issuing the chip giant with lawsuits relating to patent infringement, fair... Continue Reading
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10 Sep 2001
Intel sues Via over P4 chipsets
In a move that has been anticipated for months, Intel has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Via Technologies in the US.... Continue Reading
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23 Aug 2001
Rambus faces second fraud case
A lawsuit has been filed against Rambus in the US, less than four months after the company was found guilty of fraud and fined... Continue Reading
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13 Aug 2001
Rambus cleared of standards-setting charge
A US district court has set aside a jury verdict against Rambus, clearing the memory chip designer of allegations that it set... Continue Reading
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03 May 2001
Lords vote to undertake limited Chinook enquiry
The House of Lords, in an historic step, has voted to hold an independent inquiry into the RAF's verdict of gross negligence... Continue Reading
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01 May 2001
Lords call for Chinook crash inquiry
Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher was one of 132 peers who voted for a new inquiry over the fatal crash of Chinook ZD576 on... Continue Reading
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21 Mar 2001
Chinook probe: MPs join Lords
In an extraordinary move, the House of Commons' most powerful committee is to seek the help of the House of Lords as part of its... Continue Reading
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28 Feb 2001
Think before you link
Laws governing the Net remain a grey area, even for such issues as deep linking, while discrimination laws also apply to the Web Continue Reading
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18 Jan 2001
IT directors: build bridges or be swept away
Old-style IT directors are doomed, says Chris Rawson at Lloyd's of London. Rod Sweet reports Continue Reading
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04 Dec 2000
Sema troubles deepen
IT services company Sema yesterday postponed an analysts briefing into its disastrous performance and ordered an internal inquiry into share dealing by a... Continue Reading -
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30 Nov 2000
Chinook response sends "wrong signal" to software industry
As defence secretary Geoff Hoon rubbished the Public Accounts Committee report into the 1994 Chinook disaster, an MP at the centre of the case...
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30 Nov 2000
Mull of Kintyre MPs call on Blair to end Chinook deadlock
Mull of Kintyre Group of MPs calls on the prime minister to clear the pilots of blame for the 1994 Chinook crash Continue Reading
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29 Nov 2000
Chinook tragedy demands reform
The Public Accounts Committee report into the Mull of Kintyre helicopter crash vindicates Computer Weekly's three-year campaign for justice. It... Continue Reading -
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29 Nov 2000
MPs boost Chinook fight
At first glance, today's report by MPs of the PublicAccounts Committee (PAC) tells the story of flawed engine control software on the Chinook Mk2 helicopter Continue Reading
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22 Nov 2000
Independent inquiry into Chinook crash
Tony CollinsAn independent inquiry into the Chinook helicopter crash in 1994 is likely to be launched by the House of Lords. It will...
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15 Nov 2000
Did MoD deceive RAF inquiry?
New information shows that the Ministry of Defence withheld information from an air chief marshal about software flaws that could... Continue Reading
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01 Nov 2000
Blair criticised for failure to meet Chinook campaigners
Tony CollinsThe prime minister was criticised in the House of Commons this week for not meeting a delegation of senior MPs and peers over the...
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25 Oct 2000
MoD admits uncertainty over Mull Chinook crash
The Ministry of Defence has altered its stance on the fatal Chinook helicopter crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, and now admits to uncertainty over the precise events leading up to accident Continue Reading
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25 Oct 2000
MPs fight on for independent Chinook inquiry
As peers and MPs rally to the cause for a new independent inquiry, former defence minister Malcolm Rifkind is among those to criticise the reasons for the... Continue Reading - Feature 20 Sep 2000
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19 Jul 2000
Blair steps into Chinook battle
Tony CollinsThe Prime Minister, Tony Blair, will personally look into the circumstances of the crash of a Chinook helicopter on the Mull of...
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05 Jul 2000
Defence minister misleads Commons over Chinook
Independent MP Martin Bell secures the first debate in the House of Commons over the causes of Chinook crash Continue Reading
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28 Jun 2000
Bell champions 'mass of new evidence' on Chinook crash
Tony CollinsIndependent MP Martin Bell has told the House of Commons that a mass of new evidence has emerged over the possible causes of...
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21 Jun 2000
Air chief marshall attacks Chinook evidence
Tony CollinsAir Chief Marshal Sir William Wratten has criticised evidence suggesting that the 1994 Chinook helicopter crash could have...
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14 Jun 2000
Scotland backs Chinook crash report
The Scottish Executive has found that Computer Weekly uncovered new evidence over the reliability of the Fadec (Full Authority Digital Engine Control)... Continue Reading