Legal

EU Wants ‘Right To Be Forgotten’ To Apply To Non-European Searches

EU say links removed from European search engines should also not be listed on international versions.

9 years ago

MIT Lands Major Cyber-Security Funding Injection

American academic centres land the largest ever private funding deal for cyber-security research

9 years ago

European IT Teams Are Woefully Unprepared for General Data Protection Regulation

New study reveals a worrying lack of awareness of the European Commission’s draft bill that unifies and simplifies data protection…

10 years ago

UK ISPs Told To Start Blocking Counterfeit Goods Sites

Landmark decision follows complaint by Cartier and Montblanc owner Richemont

10 years ago

BBC To Publish List Of ‘Forgotten’ Links

Stories were removed by Google under the EU's controversial 'Right to be Forgotten' law

10 years ago

Police Using Loopholes To Spy On Texts, Voicemail And Emails – Report

UK police forces are accessing people's stored communications without their knowledge, according to an investigation

10 years ago

Google Asks US Supreme Court To Rule On Oracle Android Java Dispute

Google says if Oracle is able to assert java API copyright over Android, then innovation will be stifled

10 years ago

FCC Fines Marriott $600K for Jamming Wi-Fi to Bolster Profits

The FCC slapped Marriott International with a fine after it illegally deactivated or blocked WiFi signals from private equipment at…

10 years ago

Lenovo Compensates Customers As Part Of A $70m IdeaPad Settlement

Lenovo is to compensate users who bought its U-Series ultrabooks in a California class-action settlement

10 years ago

Julian Assange Is Planning To Leave The Embassy Of Ecuador

Assange says he's ready to get out of the embassy... but he's not handing himself in and the UK is…

10 years ago

Premier League Working On Tech To Detect Copyright-Infringing Video Clips On Twitter

Ahead of the new football season, Premier League warns fans sharing goals on Twitter and Vine are breaking the law

10 years ago

US Judge Rejects Settlement From Adobe, Apple, Google And Intel To End ‘No-Poaching’ Lawsuit

US judge says settlement from Adobe, Apple, Google and Intel over an alleged pact not to hire each others' employees…

10 years ago

Microsoft Tip Off Leads To Child Abuse Arrest In The US

Microsoft becomes the latest tech vendor to aid law officials in their fight against child abuse

10 years ago

ICO Puts Legal Profession In The Dock Over Data Breaches

The ICO sounds alarm over the handling of personal data by the legal profession

10 years ago

Apple And Samsung Declare Patent Truce Outside The US

Apple and Samsung declare a partial truce over their continued patent battles as they ready themselves for one final US…

10 years ago

HP To Sue Former Autonomy CFO And Accuses Mike Lynch Of ‘Fraud’

HP steps up war of words, promises to sue former Autonomy CFO and says Mike Lynch conducted “fraud”

10 years ago

Microsoft Demands Samsung Pay Android Patent Payments

Microsoft sues Samsung after Korean manufacturer allegedly stops paying Android royalties

10 years ago

Microsoft Ordered To Hand Over Irish Emails

An American judge sets a legal precedent by ordering Microsoft to surrender emails stored in an Irish data centre

10 years ago

Microsoft’s Bing Offers Users A Chance To Be Forgotten

The company says it will have to balance individual and public interest when taking down personal search results

10 years ago

Julian Assange Fails To Overturn Swedish Arrest Warrant

Wikileaks founder to remain inside embassy after failure of legal attempt to overturn Swedish arrest warrant

10 years ago

ICO Criticised Over Lack Of Transparency In Internal Breach

The watchdog says it can't release the details of the data breach because it is linked to " an ongoing…

10 years ago

DRIP Surveillance Bill Successfully Passes Commons Vote

As the controversial bill is fast-tracked through the parliament, privacy campaigners warn it extends UK surveillance powers worldwide

10 years ago

Mobile Operators Face Hefty Bill For 0800 Charges As Supreme Court Sides With BT

BT says it will seek to recover money it is owed for connecting users to non-geographic numbers as lengthy court…

10 years ago

Google, SAP And Friends Unite Against Patent Trolls

Some of the world’s largest patent holders say they have invented ‘arms control for the patent world’

10 years ago

Police Arrest Operators Of 25 Fake Government Websites

Want to pay for government services? Make sure you’re using GOV.UK, warns National Trading Standards Board

10 years ago

Russian Government Will Force Companies To Store Citizen Data Locally

From 2016, if you don’t have servers in Russia, you won’t be able to do business in Russia

10 years ago

ISPs From Around The World File Legal Complaint Against GCHQ

Seven communications providers say the British intelligence agency is damaging their business

10 years ago

HP Autonomy Shareholder Lawsuit Settlement ‘Imminent’

HP is to settle shareholder claims against it over the Autonomy acquisition, with shareholders' attorneys to help pursue ex-Autonomy staff

10 years ago

Supreme Court Ruling Will Help EU Software Providers Patent In The US

Intellectual property lawyer Karl Barnfather says tougher software patents will benefit businesses based in the UK

10 years ago

Philips, Samsung, Infineon ‘Face EC Antitrust Fines’

Philips, Samsung and Infineon may reportedly be fined by the European Commission within the next few weeks for alleged chip…

10 years ago