“An Italian teenager swore never again to use internet chatrooms after being held in Britain for nearly a month when he tried to see a girl who had complained of being maltreated.”
The Times, 23rd May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The hitherto lawless world of online entertainment has began to adopt the same ratings system that governs British cinemas.”
The Times, 22nd May 2008
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“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
“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 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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 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 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
“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
“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
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