“New measures to maintain the capability of public authorities to obtain access to communications data were announced by the Home Secretary today.”
Home Office, 27th April 2009
Source: www.homeoffice.gov.uk
“A mobile phone airtime reseller did not have a legal duty to take network O2 to court on behalf of a company which had sold it its subscriber base, the High Court has said. The Court said the claim was based on a mistaken interpretation of a contract.”
OUT-LAW.com, 4th March 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Office of Communications v Information Comr; [2009] WLR (D) 71
“When balancing the public interest in maintaining an exception to disclosure of environmental information against the public interest in its disclosure the correct test was to consider whether the aggregate public interest in maintaining the exception outweighed the public interest in disclosure. A benefit arising from unlawful use of disclosed information could be taken into account as an aspect of the public interest in disclosure.”
WLR Daily, 27th February 2009
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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Court of Appeal
“Beneficial consequences flowing from the unlawful use of disclosed information could be taken into account when balancing the public interest in disclosure of environmental information against the statutory exemption from disclosure.”
The Times, 27th February 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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“Mobile phone content providers who charge more that £4.50 a week for their services must seek the permission of premium-rate regulator PhonepayPlus to operate, under new rules which take immediate effect.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th January 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Controversial plans for a ‘superdatabase’ tracking all phone and internet communications today received the tacit support of the new director of public prosecutions (DPP).”
The Guardian, 9th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
T-Mobile (UK) Ltd and Another v Office of Communications
Court of Appeal
“An appeal from a decision of the Office of Communications (Ofcom) concerning the award of wireless telegraphy licences lay by way of judicial review and not to the Competition Appeal Tribunal.”
The Times, 18th December 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
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T Mobile (UK) Ltd and another v Office of Communications [2008] EWCA Civ 1373; [2008] WLR (D) 391
“A challenge to a the decision of the Office of Communications (‘Ofcom’) concerning the award of wireless telegraphy licences lay by way of a claim for judicial review and not an appeal to the Competition Appeal Tribunal (‘CAT’).”
WLR Daily, 16th December 2008
Source: www.lawreports.co.uk
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“The timetable for setting up a giant ‘Big Brother’ database is slipping after the scheme was dropped from next month’s Queen’s Speech. The Independent has highlighted growing fury over government moves to collate details of every telephone call, email and internet visit.”
The Independent, 21st November 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has said new Government-funded Sexual Assault Referral Centres across the country will improve the support given to victims.”
Daily Telegraph, 28th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has said that a single database of phone and internet usage records would undermine the ‘British way of life’. The privacy watchdog has said that it will scrutinise Government plans for storing that information.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th October 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Copyright laws and the way that media and telecoms services are regulated could be due for change under a review the Government will conduct into the UK’s digital economy. Ex-chief executive of Ofcom Stephen Carter will conduct the review.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd October 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“The outgoing chief prosecutor for England and Wales has warned against a security state amid fear of terrorism.”
BBC News, 20th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Senior Home Office officials have expressed concern about the Government’s controversial plans to set up a new ‘Big Brother’ national database, according to a leaked memo.”
The Independent, 20th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Outgoing Ofcom chairman David Currie has said that his successor should expect the communications regulator to have an expanded remit with responsibility for stricter control over internet content.”
The Guardian, 16th October 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Early plans to create a giant ‘Big Brother’ database holding information about every phone call, email and internet visit made in the UK were last night condemned by the Government’s own terrorism watchdog.”
The Independent, 15th October 2008
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“A man who made more than a 100 abusive and threatening calls mainly to women has been jailed for four years.”
BBC News, 9th October 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Ministers are considering a £12 billion plan to monitor the e-mail, telephone and internet browsing records of every person in Britain.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2008
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Anyone who has abused premium-rate telephone numbers in the past will be barred from using the numbers again, telecoms regulator Ofcom has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th September 2008
Source: www.out-law.com
“Britain’s biggest credit card company has been fined £50,000 by the telecoms regulator for making silent and abandoned phone calls to UK customers.”
The Guardian, 26th September 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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