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21/06/2007 Implementation of Data
The Home Office’s consultation paper on the implementation of the Data Retention Directive (2006/24/EC) ("the Directive") into English law was launched on 27 March 2007.
The Directive deals with th...
21/06/2007 Latest Launch - Grax
Eventure are proud to launch the new trade website for Grax, the Uk's leading Aerial, Satellite and Security Wholesaler.
10/06/2007 Voice over IP
On 29 March 2007, Ofcom published a final statement on the regulation of Voice over IP ("VoIP") services in the UK. The statement represents the culmination of a 2 and a half year process to select an...
01/06/2007 TK Maxx is being sued
The US parent of stores group TK Maxx is being sued in the US by one of its shareholders after it reported that details of some of the credit cards its customers had used had been hacked. The shareho...
25/05/2007 Passport Service agency
The Identity and Passport Service agency ("IPS") has recently published a "Report on Key Projects Implemented in 2006". The report, a result of a failure in implementation of Electronic Passport Appli...
10/05/2007 Inpro’s claim against RIM
On 7 February 2007, the English Court of Appeal upheld the decision of the High Court, in rejecting Inpro’s claim against RIM and T-Mobile (UK) Limited, that the “BlackBerry” infringed one of its pate...
02/05/2007 Employees' use of the internet
A State Labour Court in Germany has ruled that an employer may prohibit an employees' use of the internet and e-mail for private purposes without co-determining the issue with an elected employee work...
30/04/2007 parallel importing
The High Court ruled on 18 October 2006 that parallel importing aimed at a territory of the European Economic Area ("EEA"), via a website operating in a non-EEA country, will amount to an infringement...
11/12/2006 Employer ban on private internet use
A State Labour Court in Germany has ruled that an employer may prohibit an employees' use of the internet and e-mail for private purposes without co-determining the issue with an elected employee work...
31/10/2006 Copiepress and Copyright Issues
In 2003 Google started Google News, a service displaying short excerpts and photographs extracted from electronic newspaper articles to its website visitors. The service also incorporates a hyperlink...
31/10/2006 Latest sites to launch and a Thank You.
We have great pleasure in launching the new XHTML Eventure Main Site and all at Eventure want to thank Kevin, one of our lead developers for all the extra studying, training and long hours, a good maj...
22/08/2006 Crime Doesnt Pay
The Data Protection (Processing of Sensitive Personal Data) Order 2006 sneaked onto the statute books without any great fanfare on 25 July. It allows the Police to pass details of cautions and convic...
02/08/2006 Gambling arrest not news
There has been a lot of press in the UK recently about the arrest, imprisonment and subsequent dismissal of the Chief Executive of UK internet bookmaker Betonsports David Carruthers but is the arrest ...
29/06/2006 SWIFT Action!
A human rights group has announced that it has lodged complaints with data protection authorities in 32 countries against Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications, or SWIFT (a cons...
09/06/2006 Security breaches and W3C
Security breach legislation was headline news again recently with a debate on the topic at the W3C topic in Edinburgh at which Eversheds' Jonathan Armstrong spoke about the possibility of further Fede...
30/05/2006 .eu proves popular
On 7 April 2006 .eu was publicly launched. Since this date, businesses and individuals who are based within the EU have been able to register .eu domain names. It has proved to be a popular new top ...
15/05/2006 Whistleblowing - The French position
As anticipated in our February 2006 e80, on 1st March 2006, the French data protection agency (CNIL) published 20 FAQ for organisations intending to implement a whistleblowing system in compliance wit...
21/04/2006 US Court to consider keyword infringement
A US Court has ruled that a dispute concerning the use of a competitor's trade mark as a search keyword should go to trial. This is the first time the US Courts have considered the possible liability...
17/04/2006 Domain tasting - Watch out!
Watch out for "domain tasting"
PIR (the non-profit-making body responsible for managing the .org top-level domain) recently voiced its concerns about a new practice, known as "domain tasting". This...
05/04/2006 Commission raises RFID concerns
We have reported in past e80s on the increasing use of RFID technology (radio frequency identification), the benefits it brings to manufacturers / retailers and the privacy issues that also arise.
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