Man jailed for internet grooming – BBC News
“A security guard exposed as a paedophile in stings by a television documentary crew and police has been jailed by Bristol Crown Court.”
BBC News, 20th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: internet
‘Big Brother’ database for phones and e-mails – The Times
“A massive government database holding details of every phone call, e-mail and time spent on the internet by the public is being planned as part of the fight against crime and terrorism. Internet service providers (ISPs) and telecoms companies would hand over the records to the Home Office under plans put forward by officials.”
The Times, 20th May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Google ‘street view’ maps may breach EU privacy laws – Daily Telegraph
“Google could face difficulties with European privacy laws if it launches the Street View feature of its maps service in European Union countries, it has been warned.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Piracy growing as fewer fans buy downloads – The Guardian
“Record labels are losing their battle with digital piracy as the number of people who regularly download songs legally falls back, research will claim today.”
The Guardian, 15th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Comparison sites warned over misleading quotes – The Guardian
“The Financial Services Authority has warned insurance comparison sites that they must treat customers fairly and give correct information about quotes listed or risk a regulatory crackdown if they fail to provide consumers ‘with clear, fair and not misleading’ information.”
The Guardian, 9th May 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Extreme’ web porn ban made law – BBC News
“A mother whose daughter was murdered by a man addicted to violent internet porn has won her bid to have it outlawed with the introduction of a new law.”
BBC News, 8th May 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Facebook loophole ‘open to identity thieves’ – Daily Telegraph
“A loophole on social networking site Facebook could allow identity thieves to access the personal data of users, according to an investigation.”
Daily Telegraph, 1st May 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Blogger fined for ‘menacing’ rant – BBC News
“A blogger who ‘let off steam’ about the way he was treated by police has been convicted of posting a grossly offensive and menacing message.”
BBC News, 29th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Police condemn ‘bad drivers’ site – BBC News
“A website which publishes registration plates of ‘bad drivers’ could lead to vigilantism, police have said.”
BBC News, 24th April 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
File-sharing should not be a crime, says European Parliament – OUT-LAW.com
“The European Parliament has said that copyright-infringing music and film file-sharing should not be criminalised. The Parliament has said that file-sharers should not be prosecuted as criminal offenders unless they seek to profit from the sharing.”
OUT-LAW.com, 21st April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Man jailed for first Friends Reunited murder – Daily Telegraph
“A Sardinian who stabbed his wife’s British lover to death has become the first person to be convicted of a murder involving the website Friends Reunited.”
Daily Telegraph, 19th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BT’s secret Phorm trials open door to corporate eavesdropping – The Register
“The government has refused to investigate BT’s covert wiretapping of thousands of its customers in 2006 and 2007, despite its own expert’s view that without consent Phorm’s advertising targeting technology is a breach of criminal law.”
The Register, 17th April 2008
Source: www.theregister.co.uk
One lord leaping on the government’s IT flaws – The Guardian
“Lord Erroll, Secretary to the All Party Internet Group in the Lords, is a leading light in the movement to protect our security online.”
The Guardian, 10th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
NoW wins right to show Mosley video – The Guardian
“F1 boss Max Mosley today failed to get a high court injunction preventing the News of the World from putting a 90-second videoclip showing him and five prostitutes on its website.”
The Guardian, 9th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bank details ‘being sold for £5 on the internet’ – Daily Telegraph
“Bank account details are selling for as little as £5 as part of a thriving trade in stolen information on the internet, according to a report.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th April 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Search engines must delete data after six months, say watchdogs – OUT-LAW.com
“Search engines must delete search logs after six months if they are to comply with data protection laws, according to a committee of EU countries’ privacy watchdogs. Google has said that the findings do not take account of commercial reality.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
Home copying – burnt into teenage psyche – The Guardian
“More than half of young people copy the songs on their hard drives to friends and even more swap CD copies, according to research that reveals the huge challenge home copying poses to a music industry already battling internet file-sharing.”
The Guardian, 7th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Paedophiles face curbs on internet use – The Guardian
“The Home Secretary will today outline plans to increase protection for children surfing the web, including new jail terms for convicted paedophiles who use social networking websites.”
The Guardian, 4th April 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Pallion Housing company agree record payout to Gentoo Group – The Times
“An online campaign of harassment against a housing group and its chief executive has ended with a record payout for defamation on the internet.”
The Times, 4th April 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
Web filtering must be necessary and transparent, says Council of Europe – OUT-LAW.com
“The body behind the European Convention on Human Rights has said that internet users must be told when content is being filtered, and that governments should not filter content except in very specific circumstances.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st April 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
